But you’ll need to test more frequently, every one to three years instead of every 10 years for a colonoscopy. Anyone with an abnormal stool result will need to get a colonoscopy anyway. And false ...

Noninvasive tests for H pylori infection have high negative predictive value and are effective for ruling out infection.

The adjustment is projected to identify an additional 600 bowel cancer cases early each year, marking an 11 per cent increase ...

Thousands of people will be saved from bowel cancer under changes to the national screening programme, health officials have said.

Learn how stool appearance can signal colon cancer. Recognize signs like ribbon-like and pebble-shaped stools, and understand ...

Last year, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first at-home test that can detect three common infections in women — gonorrhea, chlamydia and trichomoniasis — as well as the first home-based ...

Scientists have discovered that collecting stool samples at home is as life-saving as invasive colonoscopy procedures.

There is a great deal of excitement around microbiome research as it confirms, and debunks, long-held beliefs. Investigators have shown, for example, that proton-pump inhibitors can alter the ...

Roche has claimed the exclusive international rights to Freenome’s multiomic cancer screening approaches, toward the goal of developing blood testing kits for markets outside the U.S. The licensing ...

Chicago, IL–based healthcare technology giant Abbott Laboratories will acquire Exact Sciences for $23 billion. Exact’s flagship product, Cologuard, is an at-home, stool-based test approved by the FDA ...

Exact Sciences' new launches and big ambitions in the cancer market make it an exciting long-term pick. Roku turned a profit for the first time in years, showing that the streaming platform's strategy ...