Gabriella Parker, 25, has experienced digestive health issues since childhood. When she was 21, she had a colonoscopy for the first time. Having a colonoscopy served as the wake-up call she needed to ...

The mom of four underwent the procedure on Wednesday, after sharing her preparations on social media earlier in the week Jenny Haward is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Chrissy Teigen is documenting her first colonoscopy at the early age of 37 to urge others to get checked when it's first recommended by their doctors. The cookbook author and model began sharing ...

Sam Anderson just had his first colonoscopy in middle age, and he encourages others to do the same. But Anderson's essay in the New York Times Magazine takes a unique approach to this idea, one that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Risks for CRC and CRC-specific death were lower for 15 years in the group with a negative first colonoscopy.

"Soon there’s going to be a very large jump in people my age and even a little younger getting colon cancer because we don't get checked,” Teigen explained on Instagram Monday Alexis Jones is a writer ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I just turned 45 and am dreading my first colonoscopy. Why do I need to be screened if I’m not having issues? Can you walk me through the process? ANSWER: Feeling anxious or afraid ...

Chrissy Teigen is taking her colon health seriously – and she believes her fans should too. The former model, 37, shared on Wednesday that her first colonoscopy was successful but a bit too swift for ...

It turns out that despite everything you’ve heard, getting a colonoscopy is wonderful.