Researchers have developed a new skills assessment tool for colonoscopy trainees. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., have developed a new skills assessment tool for colonoscopy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study looks at whether using disposable scopes for colonoscopies can help lower infection rates. (Photo: Getty Images) After ...

Computed tomography (CT) colonography can be used as a primary screening tool for colorectal cancer in adults over the age of 65, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.

Your gut bacteria could say a lot about you, such as why you're diabetic or how you respond to certain drugs. But scientists can see only so much of the gastrointestinal tract to study the role of gut ...

A new skills assessment tool for colonoscopy trainees has been developed by researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. A report outlining the development and validation of the Mayo Colonoscopy ...

In adults over the age of 65, computed tomography (CT) colonography is an effective screening tool for colorectal cancer, reveals study published in the journal Radiology. Some previous medical ...

CTC (virtual colonoscopy) is a thin slice CT scan of the abdomen after adequate bowel preparation and colon insufflation in which data are reconstructed providing axial, multiplanar, and endoluminal ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – Dec. 15, 2010 – Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., have developed a new skills assessment tool for colonoscopy trainees. A report outlining the development and ...

After having a colonoscopy — something everyone should do by age 45, or earlier if you have a family history of colon cancer, according to the American Cancer Society — chances are, you want to put ...

December 21, 2010 — The Mayo Colonoscopy Skills Assessment Tool (MCSAT) was designed to evaluate cognitive and motor skills during colonoscopy training, according to the results of a study reported ...