NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although swallowing a pill camera can give doctors a good picture of the colon, it is not as good as traditional colonoscopy at detecting precancerous growths and cancer, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A kinder, gentler approach to one of the most dreaded exams in medicine is on the way: U.S. regulators have cleared a bite-size camera to help screen patients who have trouble with ...

Doctors at Mercy Medical Center -- Sioux City announced Tuesday they have begun using a pill-sized camera for state-of-the-art endoscopy, a procedure described as a medical first for Siouxland . Known ...

A "camera in a capsule" could revolutionize bowel imaging technology, replacing traditional colonoscopies in diagnosing bowel cancer. York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in ...

When most of us hear “colonoscopy,” more often than not it causes an involuntary gulp of trepidation, but thanks to the work of Israeli medical solutions company Given Imaging, that gulp will soon be ...

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Doctors have used small cameras on snaking tubes for years to check patients' intestinal troubles. These days, they're asking some patients to swallow the entire camera. Gulp. With ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A pill-sized camera that can be swallowed and can explore parts of the small intestine that other diagnostic techniques miss allows for better detection of inflammatory bowel ...

PRINCETON, Ill. (AP) Rex Hunter of Princeton didn't quite know what to make of the flashing capsule his doctor told him to swallow. He was dealing with blood in his stool and had been through test ...

What if we could peer inside the human body wirelessly without having to resort to endoscopy, a procedure that requires anesthedia and careful technique to minimize complications? Thanks to a startup ...

Given Imaging announced today it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its PillCam COLON camera that can be used for patients who have incomplete colonoscopies.