(BPT) - Recently, Minnesotans have been receiving unsolicited, unrequested at-home colon cancer screening kits from health insurers, without a doctor's input. If you received one in the mail, you ...

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 ...

More people younger than 50 are being diagnosed with colon cancer, and UnityPoint Health, the Iowa Cancer Consortium and Gilda’s Club of the Quad Cities are responding by offering at-home colon cancer ...

The upward trend of colon cancer cases in the U.S. is astronomically high—so much so that in 2021, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) updated its recommended age for colorectal cancer ...

We know that a colonoscopy is the most effective tool for the early detection and prevention of colon cancer. But anyone who has ever had a colonoscopy also knows that it's not necessarily something ...

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.

Colonoscopy preparation kits consist of laxatives and electrolytes in tablet or liquid form. There are different types of kits — some are prescription, while others available are over the counter.

The rate of colorectal cancer screenings more than doubled when patients were given a choice between which type of screening they wanted—a take-home kit or colonoscopy—compared to those who were only ...

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 ...

Some Nova Scotians between the ages of 50 to 74 who are used to receiving a colon cancer home screening kit every two years are wondering what has happened to the mail-outs. Nova Scotia Health says ...