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A meta-analysis favored patient navigation and patient or clinician reminders for increasing colonoscopy completion after stool-based tests for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening turned up positive.

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a gastrointestinal (GI) disease in which sections of the bowel become inflamed and begin to die, creating a hole in the bowel. NEC occurs mostly in premature infants ...

Paradoxical diarrhea, also called overflow diarrhea, happens when liquid stool leaks around hardened, impacted stool in your colon. It’s often a symptom of mixed irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-M).

Unfortunately, there is no known way to prevent ulcerative colitis (UC), which means some people may develop it, despite living a healthy lifestyle. Healthy lifestyle habits, such as exercising and ...

Stool-based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening involves a two-step approach for those with a positive test that includes a follow-up colonoscopy. This meta-analysis found that patient navigation and ...

Country music singer Travis Yee checked in recently with a photo from his hospital bed and a concerning tale about why he was there. “I want to share something that happened with my health over the ...

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