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The Best Diet Pre-Colonoscopy

Here’s what to eat on your pre-colonoscopy diet, including ideas for a light breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and the best low-fiber and low-residue foods.
T here will probably never be a TV reality show on how to survive colonoscopy prep, but before enduring my first one, I was pretty convinced there needed to be. I kept hearing from family and friends ...
Since colorectal cancer is on the rise in people younger than age 50, national guidelines have recently pushed the starting age for colorectal cancer screening down to 45. We need to spread the word.
DETROIT – Let’s be honest: no one wants to have a colonoscopy, but it is not only recommended; it can also be life-saving. One of the biggest problems with a colonoscopy is that it is simply ...
The US Multi-Society Task Force updates 2014 recommendations, emphasizing split-dose prep, diet flexibility, and quality tracking. Today, the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer (MSTFCRC) ...
A study published in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology compared how clear liquid diets compared to low-residue diets for colonoscopy bowel preparation. In both diets, patients were given a ...
One thing about me: I’m gonna ask for a discount. While I won’t haggle with local, independent vendors who are putting in the work on their entrepreneurial dreams, I have no qualms about big deals at ...
Kevin Cunningham's grandfather died at age 43 from colorectal cancer. Cunningham's mother was just 3. Because of this family history, Cunningham, now 40, had his first colonoscopy at 30. His ...