What is the fecal immunochemical test and how does it assist clinicians performing a colonoscopy to accurately diagnose colorectal disease?

Study finds traditional fecal transplant outperforms new pill in severe C. diff. cases by Kendall Daniels Rovinsky, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine ...

The Texas General Land Office's Texas Beach Watch map tracks fecal bacteria counts in the Gulf and can be a handy tool for tourists to the coast this summer.

Colonoscopy Prep Is Worse Than IKEA It’s now a three-day process. Medical tests should become easier, not harder, with time. By Jim Sollisch Share ...

SAN DIEGO — Administration of Rebyota by colonoscopy appears safe and effective among adults with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, according to results from the CDI-SCOPE trial ...

New blood test for colon cancer could be answer for people who don't want colonoscopies ...

Learn about fecal transplant or bacteriotherapy, a procedure that may help treat gut infections, ulcerative colitis, and other diseases.

Like the traditional colonoscopy, virtual colonoscopy can detect colon cancer at its earliest stages, when it is most treatable. Testing options for those at low or average risk and with no symptoms ...

Traditional colonoscopy or alternative screening methods? Average-risk patients can use fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) or Cologuard for a noninvasive way to screen for colon cancer, Kanth said.

More than two-thirds of Americans would rather file their taxes than get a cancer-detecting colonoscopy, even though more than half don't know that screening should begin at age 45, a national ...

When doctors test for fecal occult blood they are testing for the presence of microscopic or invisible blood in the stool, or feces. Read this article for more facts about this test.