A Chicago man was stuck with a big medical bill after undergoing a colonoscopy that found no evidence of cancer. Here's why.

Seed oils (sunflower, sesame, etc.) are not driving the surge in colon cancer cases among younger people. (Science Feedback) ...

The Chicago health-care consultant contacted his physician at Northwestern Medicine, who referred Contos, 45, for a ...

“He was like, ‘I’m very concerned that this looks like advanced colon cancer, but let’s get a biopsy.’” She had never considered her bleeding and pain could be cancer. “I thought he ...

A colonoscopy is a medical procedure performed ... If your provider removed polyps or tissue for a biopsy, you may experience light bleeding from the anus. You won't be able to drive yourself ...

Trainee Sigmoid colon SHAFT 46 M* T (hot biopsy) Staff Sigmoid colon TIP 64 M* T (hot biopsy) Staff Sigmoid colon TIP 79 F* T (cold biopsy) Staff Transverse colon TIP 37 F* T (snare polypectomy ...

Over a 45-years span — between 1975 and 2020 — improvements in cancer screenings and prevention strategies have reduced ...

Note the lesion extends into the inferior vena cava (curved arrow). Ultrasound-guided biopsy of necrotic metastasis from colon cancer. Gray-scale image of the liver shows a primarily fluid-filled ...

The liquid biopsy test for colorectal cancer plays a crucial role in risk stratification and early detection of tumours or precancerous growths in the colon but it does not replace colonoscopy ...

And there were two fees for the gastroenterologist — $1,535 and $1,291. The first procedure was listed as “colonoscopy and ...