The rate of anesthesia use in screening colonoscopies has increased in both physicians’ offices and ambulatory surgery centers, according to a whitepaper released by Truven Health Analytics. The ...

Sedation is commonly used for routine colonoscopies, but is it always necessary and does it always need to be administered by an anesthesiologist? Perhaps not, argue two anesthesiologists. Joshua W.

Earlier this week the federal government clarified that insurers can't charge people for anesthesia administered during a free colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer. That's welcome news for ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Given a choice, most doctors and nurses who perform colonoscopy would choose to be fully anesthetized when undergoing the procedure themselves - unless they had to pay full ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Your recent column regarding cognitive decline after surgery suggested careful consideration prior to elective surgery. Does this advice apply to screening colonoscopies? Since it's ...

Colon cancer is common and it's preventable. Early detection saves lives. Have you been putting your colonoscopy off?

WORCESTER - The next time you need a colonoscopy, make sure you read the fine print if your health insurance coverage is with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. The insurer changed its policy, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WORCESTER — The next time you need a colonoscopy, make sure you read the fine print if your health insurance coverage is with Blue ...