You need to follow a special diet and may take laxatives to clean out your bowel before a colonoscopy. Drink plenty of clear liquids to avoid dehydration during the bowel prep. Most people will split ...

An adequate bowel preparation is defined as one that permits the detection of all polyps >5 mm in size. While providing a conceptual framework for understanding an acceptable preparation, this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For your colonoscopy prep to be smooth and successful, you need to know exactly what to expect. (Getty Images) (Drazen Zigic via ...

In his op-ed “Colonoscopy Prep Is Worse Than IKEA” (June 3), Jim Sollisch gives readers the impression that there has been a universal shift to a three-day bowel preparation for colonoscopies. This ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Colonoscopy preparation using Gatorade and Miralax was as effective as and better tolerated than Nulytely, but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Colonoscopy prep just got a little easier. The FDA recently approved a new prep drink that claims to taste better than any other ...

Colonoscopies are never fun. But they are necessary to help catch colon cancer. Now the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug that could make preparation for the screening easier.

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ColonaryConcepts, LLC today announced that its partner, Sebela Pharmaceuticals, plans to initiate a Phase 2b clinical trial with its proprietary colonoscopy preparation kit, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In her presentation, Erin Bouquet, MD, from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, said current guidelines ...

The scale rates three sections of the colon, right (cecum and ascending colon), mid-colon (transverse and descending) and rectosigmoid, on a five-point scale (0–4). Total score (0–14) is obtained by ...