NEWARK, Del. — The Colon Health Center of Delaware has been selling an alternative to one of medicine’s most unloved procedures: the colonoscopy. Rather than insert several feet of tubing into the ...

Beginning January 1, 2025, Medicare will cover virtual colonoscopies, but only in specific circumstances. This does not include initial colon cancer screening. Medicare covers virtual colonoscopies ...

Medicare generally does not cover virtual colonoscopies. It may make exceptions when traditional colonoscopies cannot be completed due to specific medical reasons. Coverage for virtual colonoscopies ...

Virtual colonoscopies are less time-consuming than the standard colonoscopy and are now recommended as a frontline screening test by the American Cancer Society, but the technique has major drawbacks, ...

MADISON, Wis., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- A University of Wisconsin Medical School study found virtual colonoscopy using a CT scan is as effective as a colonoscopy in detecting cancer. Virtual colonoscopy ...

Despite not being covered by most insurers, virtual colonoscopy is gaining favor among patients because of its non-invasive nature and among providers, as new research has indicated it is about as ...

Patients are more likely to undergo a colon cancer screening when offered a CT colonography, or virtual colonoscopy, than when offered a traditional colonoscopy, according to findings published in The ...

A study finds that use of virtual colonoscopy, a non-invasive way of scanning the colon for potentially cancerous growths, is on the rise. That’s a bit of a surprise, given that not all medical ...

Virtual colonoscopy represents a noninvasive test for the examination of the colonic lumen that involves the generation of both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional views of the colon and rectum using data ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Extensive cleansing of the bowel is not necessary for patients undergoing virtual colonoscopy, Dutch researchers report in the journal Radiology. Sign up here. Virtual ...

You re in luck—you won t have to bend over and think about the Mets anymore. Through a marriage of computer imaging, CT scanning, and other highly sensitive and non-invasive systems, the traditional ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I had a Cologuard test and was told that there is blood in my stool. My doctor tried to do a colonoscopy, but told me he was unable to complete it due to my colon being very twisted.