OAK BROOK, Ill. – October 26, 2009 – Researchers from Taiwan report in a new study that unsedated colonoscopy for primary colorectal cancer screening is well accepted in a majority of patients.

October 1, 2010 — A novel method of distending the colon during colonoscopy — water infusion — is more comfortable than air insufflation and enhances patients' tolerance and willingness to undergo the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lying there wide-awake as the doctor removed the colonoscopy tube from my hinder, I recalled that time in the 1980s when I had ...

Screening for colorectal cancer with unsedated colonoscopy is feasible according to a new study, which reports that approximately 90% of patients tolerate this procedure well. “Although colonoscopy is ...

Researchers in Korea found that patients who drank warm water prior to unsedated colonoscopy experienced less pain and discomfort than patients who drank cold water or no water, according to a study ...

Using water infusion rather than air insufflation to distend the colon during unsedated colonoscopy improves patient tolerance of the procedure, according to a study published in the October issue of ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I have seen two of your columns in which I thought I read an implication that the decision to be sedated or not during colonoscopy was a fairly straightforward choice. I need to point ...

Lying there wide-awake as the doctor removed the colonoscopy tube from my hinder, I recalled that time in the 1980s when I had four impacted wisdom teeth gouged from my jaw while under nothing but a ...