Hate going in for a colonoscopy? These at-home colon cancer tests can be a great first step to check your risk Check out the best colon cancer tests you can take entirely at home. We looked at ...

INDIANAPOLIS — When Alnisa Armstrong went for a routine baseline colonoscopy at age 50, she wasn't worried. As a mom, grandma and fitness enthusiast, she felt she was doing everything to stay healthy.

Some Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans with drug coverage may cover the cost of colonoscopy prep kits. However, private insurance companies administer these plans, so the coverage ...

(WHTM)– March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and UPS is trying to highlight an easy way to get screened. Many avoid in-office testing and others may have trouble even getting to the office. But ...

If the too-good-to-be-true filter in your brain isn’t quite working the way it should, this may sound like the perfect alternative to the often-dreaded colonoscopy — at-home stool sample tests you ...

People are three times more likely to undergo at-home colon cancer screening if they're provided a free test, a new study says. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News People are three times more likely ...

Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health has introduced a digital health platform that texts patients to set up at-home colon cancer screenings. The health system started using its UCNOW texting ...

The rate of colorectal cancer screenings more than doubled when patients were given a choice between which type of screening they wanted—a take-home kit or colonoscopy—compared to those who were only ...

Jeff Smith was dumbfounded when he received a colon cancer screening kit in the mail. The 68-year-old Minnesota man hadn't asked for the Cologuard test, and his doctor hadn't mentioned anything about ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! New cases of colon cancer among older adults have declined over the years, mainly due ...