Some Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans with drug coverage may cover the cost of colonoscopy prep kits. However, private insurance companies administer these plans, so the ...
Convenience of screening at home. At-home screening for colon cancer starts with a stool sample—no special diet or unpleasant ...
The US Multi-Society Task Force updates 2014 recommendations, emphasizing split-dose prep, diet flexibility, and quality ...
While the heavily advertised at-home stool tests certainly can be a useful, extra screening tool for detecting colon cancer, ...
All bowel preparations, regardless of formulation, are more effective when administered as a split-dose regimen compared with a 1-day preparation. Approximately one in four individuals undergoing ...
In updated consensus recommendations published online March 4 in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, additional ...
"Our guidance, which is an update of the 2014 recommendations, aims to help all gastroenterologists achieve a benchmark of 90% of exams with adequate bowel preparation," Joseph Anderson, MD, one of ...