What to know about colon cancer
Colon cancer screening myths and facts.
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Surgical Procedures, Operative: News and Research on Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
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Dr. Robot will see you now? Medical robots expected to support doctors, not take over patient care
The robot doctor will see you now? Not for the foreseeable future, anyway.
Aug 20, 2025
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Research in brief: Best practices for GI endoscopy during pregnancy
While gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy is rarely performed during pregnancy—accounting for just 0.4% of procedures—there are times when it is urgently needed. A new review by physician-scientists from Beth Israel Deaconess ...
Aug 13, 2025
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Routine AI assistance may lead to loss of skills in health professionals who perform colonoscopies
The introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) to assist colonoscopies is linked to a reduction in the ability of endoscopists (health professionals who perform colonoscopies) to detect precancerous growths (adenomas) in ...
Aug 12, 2025
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Study of surgical interventions for children, adolescents with kidney stones supports precision treatment options
Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), along with several academic partners, have reported the primary results of the Pediatric KIDney Stone (PKIDS) trial, the largest comparative effectiveness study of ...
Aug 8, 2025
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Lung damage not main driver of persistent infections in cystic fibrosis, study finds
A new study meticulously sampled different lung regions in people with cystic fibrosis to understand why infections persist after new treatments.
Aug 7, 2025
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Mailing at-home test kits boosts colorectal cancer screening in adults under 50
In a new study aimed at identifying the best approach to promote colorectal cancer screening in adults aged 45 to 49, UCLA researchers found that simply mailing a stool-based test directly to people's homes was the most effective ...
Aug 5, 2025
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New surgical method effective for groin hernia in women, study shows
In a study conducted in Uganda and published in JAMA Surgery, researchers from Karolinska Institutet evaluated a new surgical method for treating groin hernias in women. The method could become an alternative in resource-limited ...
Jul 17, 2025
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Bronchoscopic lung-biopsy techniques can match percutaneous approaches for comprehensive biomarker testing
A multidisciplinary guideline panel convened by the American Association of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (AABIP) and the Early Detection & Screening Committee of the International Association for the Study of ...
Jul 14, 2025
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LED-based imaging system could transform cancer detection in endoscopy
Gastrointestinal cancers remain among the most common forms of cancer. While endoscopy has become a cornerstone of cancer screening and diagnosis over the past two decades, the procedure still misses approximately 8% to 11% ...
Jul 8, 2025
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