About the expert Adrienna Jirik, MD, is a board-certified gastroenterologist at Cleveland Clinic, where she has been ...

Some minor discomfort — such as gas, bloating, or mild cramping — is normal after a colonoscopy. Small amounts of blood in the first bowel movement following the procedure are also normal.

It’s now a three-day process. Medical tests should become easier, not harder, with time.

If a colonoscopy shows everything is normal, the usual schedule is to repeat it again in 10 years. If you are at high risk for colon cancer, you may need to start screenings before age 45 or have them ...

Getting a colonoscopy can be a daunting idea. However, the reality is that a colonoscopy is a routine outpatient procedure ...

People, you know, don’t normally get these things checked out and don’t normally talk about the things that we address in colonoscopy in a normal day-to-day conversation. So I think ...