Flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy? Half a loaf revisited

Sigmoidoscopy versus colonoscopy: ask yourself.

Use of Colonoscopy and Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Among African Americans and Whites in a Low-Income Population

Colorectal cancer is the third most common incident cancer and the second most common cause of cancer-related death in the United States. The disease is largely preventable with screening. In the United States, colorectal cancer mortality is higher among African Americans than among whites, possibly because of inequalities in the delivery of screening, diagnostic, and therapeutic regimens (1,2)...

Right Colonoscopy vs Sigmoidoscopy Screening : Getting It

Enema or Picolax as preparation for flexible sigmoidoscopy?

Two preparations for outpatient flexible sigmoidoscopy, Picolax and Klyx enemas, have been compared in a randomized controlled trial. There was no difference in efficacy between the two preparations, but patients preferred Picolax.

Transcription factor haploinsufficiency: when half a loaf is not enough.

Two articles in this issue of the JCI (1, 2) describe haploinsufficiency of the transcription factor Nkx2-1 (also known as TTF1) as the cause of a heretofore unrecognized human syndrome characterized by neurological, thyroid, and pulmonary dysfunction. Definition of the disorder and elucidation of its cause is a real tribute to the astute clinicians who looked beyond unusual laboratory values a...