Anesthesia adds risk and cost to the screening procedure, research shows, raising fresh questions about how providers weigh patient satisfaction against outcomes and profit. New findings on risks ...

The state’s largest health insurer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, has begun restricting the use of anesthesia during colonoscopies, triggering a backlash from doctors who argue the change ...

In patients undergoing colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer, deeper sedation using the anesthetic drug propofol may improve detection of "serrated" polyps - a type of precancerous lesion that ...

A recent article in the New York Times explored the growing use of anesthesiologist-administered anesthesia during colonoscopy and its impact on the cost of colonoscopy procedures. Traditionally, ...

A recent article in the New York Times explored the growing use of anesthesiologist-administered anesthesia during colonoscopy and its impact on the cost of colonoscopy procedures. Traditionally, ...

Dr. Roach: My husband, who is 71, has been having some short-term memory problems over the past two years. We recently saw his primary doctor, who asked him some questions and had him do a few tasks.

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams and his team late Wednesday walked back a statement he made earlier in the day that he had been under anesthesia last week, saying that the mayor in fact underwent a ...

Confusion has surrounded just what patients will owe when undergoing a screening colonoscopy, but CMS has offered some guidance, according to an NPR report. CMS stated that payers cannot charge ...

Mayor Eric Adams of New York said he underwent anesthesia last week for what officials said was a colonoscopy, but then the story changed. By Jeffery C. Mays It seemed like the mystery surrounding ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz temporarily transferred power to Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan Monday while he underwent general anesthesia for a colonoscopy, according to his office. The ...

Medicare covers the costs of screening colonoscopies at specific time intervals, based on a person’s risk for colorectal cancer. For those with Medicare, the test is usually free. However, a person ...