Faster colonoscopies miss more problems: study
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Doctors who too quickly examine a colon for early signs of cancer miss more than half the abnormalities, a study of 2,053 patients undergoing their first colonoscopy showed on Wednesday.
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Low-income patients covered by Medicaid have more complications and higher death rates after colon cancer surgery than patients with private insurance, a U.S. study suggests.
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MONDAY, Sept. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Simple, personalized outreach in doctors&#39; offices can improve colorectal cancer screening rates, a new study finds.
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Although the potential  connection between dietary fiber and colorectal cancer has long  held an attraction for both medical researchers and the general  public, investigators report that the results of a large new  study do not support this link.
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More frequent screening for prostate cancer, as expected, found more tumors, but failed to cut the number of aggressive tumors detected in between scheduled screenings, European researchers said on Tuesday.
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Patients aren't the only ones harmed by medical errors, according to a survey released Wednesday that found many doctors who make mistakes &#151; and even those who come close &#151; suffer stress, sleep problems and loss of confidence.
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NEW YORK  - Screening for cancer quite  often produces a false-positive result, and this can lead to  costly -- and ultimately unnecessary -- follow-up testing,  according to a new report.
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NEW YORK  - Researchers have developed a checklist of measures they say could improve the quality of care for people undergoing colon cancer surgery.
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Doctors may be overdoing it a bit on colonoscopies, a procedure to screen for colon cancer using a tiny camera, even though they can save lives, researchers reported on Monday
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Better doctor-patient communication may improve colon cancer screening rates among African Americans, results of a North Carolina study suggest.
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A new noninvasive method of genetic screening for colorectal cancer could encourage more people to regularly be tested for the disease.
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THURSDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- More than two-thirds of older patients report sleep problems, but doctors rarely note these complaints in the patients' charts, a Northwestern University study finds.
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TUESDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Even though U.S. Medicare has expanded coverage for colon cancer screening, blacks and Hispanics are not benefiting as much as whites, a new study shows.
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NEW YORK  - The rate of new or missed colorectal cancers in patients undergoing colonoscopy is influenced by where the screening procedure takes place and by who performs the exam, Canadian researchers report. Cancers are more likely to be missed when the colonoscopy is performed in an office setting, instead of a hospital, and by an internist or family physician, instead of a gastroenterologist or surgeon.
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People with slower reaction times and bad memories are more likely to die from a heart attack, a study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Many Americans are still  failing to get two of the most effective tests for catching  colon cancer early, according to researchers with the American  Cancer Society.
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Doctors are closer to predicting which  cancer patients can skip chemotherapy and avoid the brutal side  effects of that staple of cancer care, doctors at a major  medical meeting said on Tuesday.