Many people who are prescribed a colonoscopy often become very nervous and try to avoid or delay the procedure to cope with their minds. However, such motivations will often be aggressively adverse to one’s wellbeing. Why? For one, there is a reason that a doctor has prescribed the procedure and just thinking about the colonoscopy Read More…
Performed to detect and diagnose disorders of the colon and rectum, colonoscopy has become a medical marvel. Performed usually when the doctor detects colon cancer or abnormal growth of polyps, colonoscopy is a comprehensive procedure. A doctor usually keeps an eye on the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, undetected pain in the abdomen, rectal bleeding Read More…
Testing for colon cancer just got easier. If you don’t already know, Cologuard is a new competing technology for colon cancer screening that is simple and ease of use. It involves no prep, no sedation, and most importantly, its effective. What exactly is Cologuard? Cologuard is a cancer detection test. Specifically, it tests for genetic Read More…
The practice of Kurt Vernon, MD, The GI Guy, is proud to announce that we have received a ‘Tier 1 Designation”, a high quality recognition from one of the nation’s largest health insurers – Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC. BCBSNC Tiered Network utilizes administrative claims data to identify high quality, low cost providers and Read More…
