NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although swallowing a pill camera can give doctors a good picture of the colon, it is not as good as traditional colonoscopy at detecting precancerous growths and cancer, ...

A cheap, widely available diabetes drug may soon pull double duty as a colon cancer-fighting supplement, according to new research that’s turning heads in the medical world. Metformin, a staple ...

Imagine being Dr. Jennifer Nayor. As a gastroenterologist at Emerson Endoscopy and Digestive Health Center in Concord, she knows most patients would rather be anywhere but her exam room."I know a lot ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who have used birth control pills seem to have a slightly decreased risk of colon cancer as they age, a new study suggests. Sign up here. Researchers found that among ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A kinder, gentler approach to one of the most dreaded exams in medicine is on the way: U.S. regulators have cleared a bite-size camera to help screen patients who have trouble with ...

A Boston-based team led by a professor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston is developing a new tool to help fight colon cancer — a “swimming capsule” pill, according to a WCVB.com report. The ...

Microspheres that sense gastrointestinal disease are suspended in solution (L), and then attracted to the side of a test tube by a magnet (R) so researchers can easily retrieve them from biological ...

A less toxic and more convenient treatment for advanced colon cancer can be delivered in tablet form, according to a new University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center study. Researchers said the ...

When most of us hear “colonoscopy,” more often than not it causes an involuntary gulp of trepidation, but thanks to the work of Israeli medical solutions company Given Imaging, that gulp will soon be ...

In A Nutshell A new animal study found that SNAC, the absorption-boosting additive in Rybelsus (oral semaglutide), was linked to significant reductions in gut bacteria associated with fiber ...

Imagine being Dr. Jennifer Nayor. As a gastroenterologist at Emerson Endoscopy and Digestive Health Center in Concord, she knows most patients would rather be anywhere but her exam room. Imagine being ...