March marks Colorectal Cancer Awareness month – a good time to remind both men and women in Utah that colon and rectal cancers are not men’s diseases. But studies show that women are less likely to ...

A study published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that women might be able to delay scheduling regular colonoscopies a few years past the generally recommended age ...

A study conducted by researchers in Colorado revealed that women offered a female endoscopist were not more likely to undergo screening colonoscopies than those who were not offered this choice, ...

Shaily Jain, MD, a gastroenterologist practicing out of Digestive Health Specialists in Washington, has written a column on the importance of women receiving colon cancer screenings. The column ...

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In all, women who get the recommended screenings for breast and cervical cancer are still far more likely than other women to have their colons examined through colonoscopy or other methods, the U-M ...

THEY HAD FANCY CUPS AND MATCHING T SHIRTS, BUT THESE GOOD FRIENDS AREN’T BONDING OVER A GIRLS WEEKEND. THEY’RE BONDING OVER COLONOSCOPIES. MELISSA MULCAHY CAME UP WITH THAT IDEA AT BOOK CLUB. I KNOW, ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 78-year-old female who was treated for anal cancer in 2013. The cancer was discovered during a routine colonoscopy, and fortunately, it was only stage I. It was determined to be ...

Between 2016 and 2021, the percentage of screening colonoscopies performed by a family physician saw a decrease across the country. A substantial proportion of colonoscopies have been performed by ...