Medicare only covers virtual colonoscopies, or CT colonoscopies, in rare cases where a traditional colonoscopy is not possible. Coverage may also only be available to check for or diagnose certain ...

Beginning January 1, 2025, Medicare will cover virtual colonoscopies, but only in specific circumstances. This does not include initial colon cancer screening. Medicare covers virtual colonoscopies ...

Colorectal cancer screening can cut a person's risk of dying from the disease in half, yet about 40 percent of those who should get tested don't do it. One reason is that the gold standard for ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Virtual colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer has been in use in ...

When Eric Rowe turned 50, the question was not whether the Washington lawyer would be screened for colon cancer, but how. His wife had undergone a colonoscopy, the gold-standard exam that costs about ...

* Virtual colonoscopy found most, but not all, tumors * People afraid of colonoscopies might get virtual scan By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - So-called virtual ...

FIRST PERSON | Boston researchers have reported a new technique to make undergoing a colonoscopy much less difficult. Their results suggest that laxative-free virtual colonoscopies are effective in ...

NEW YORK — Having an X-ray to look for signs of colon cancer may soon be an option for those who dread the traditional scope exam. Two of the largest studies yet of “virtual colonoscopy” show the ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - Doctors who perform colonoscopies should not be worried that they may lose business to so-called virtual colonoscopies, despite reports that both approaches work equally well at ...

Virtual colonoscopies could be a potential alternative to traditional colonoscopies that require patients to drink laxatives the night before the screening to cleanse their colons, according to an ...

Virtual colonoscopy represents a noninvasive test for the examination of the colonic lumen that involves the generation of both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional views of the colon and rectum using data ...

MADISON, Wis., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- A University of Wisconsin Medical School study found virtual colonoscopy using a CT scan is as effective as a colonoscopy in detecting cancer. Virtual colonoscopy ...