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 ...

Health insurance companies send all kinds of things in the mail: brochures about benefits, branded items such as coasters and duffel bags, and reminders to get certain health tests done. Some have ...

According to Cologuard, made by Wisconsin-based Exact Sciences, there are three primary reasons why you may receive a testing ...

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.

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) and Crusade Against Colon Cancer coalition partners announced Monday that easy-to-use colon cancer screening kits are ...

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 ...

Kam knew it was important to get screened for colon cancer as soon as she was eligible. With her dad’s side of the family being affected by breast, kidney and prostate cancer, Kam wanted to “get all ...

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 ...

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 ...

A colonoscopy is an exam that lets your physician see your entire colon. Before the test, your health care team will give you instructions for how to clear your colon of any stool. This process is ...

At-home test kits, also known as at-home medical tests or self-tests, are kits that you can purchase online, at supermarkets, or at your local pharmacy and use to detect or monitor certain diseases ...

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