LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) and Crusade Against Colon Cancer coalition partners announced Monday that easy-to-use colon cancer screening kits are ...

Health insurance companies send all kinds of things in the mail: brochures about benefits, branded items such as coasters and duffel bags, and reminders to get certain health tests done. Some have ...

Earlier this year, Juanita Thomas, 63, went to her local Department of Motor Vehicles to register a car. For Thomas — a retired housekeeper, mom, grandmother and great-grandmother in Omaha, Nebraska — ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Wichita’s Ascension Via Christi is offering free colorectal screening kits to anyone 45 and older while supplies last. To receive a kit, call 316-268-5890 for one to be mailed.

Colorectal cancer screening is an effective tool for catching the disease early when it's most treatable, yet it is underutilized at federally qualified health centers (FQHC). A new study demonstrated ...

Jeff Smith was dumbfounded when he received a colon cancer screening kit in the mail. The 68-year-old Minnesota man hadn't asked for the Cologuard test, and his doctor hadn't mentioned anything about ...

CHEYENNE – According to the CDC, when cells in the body grow out of control, this leads to cancer. If cancer starts in the colon or rectum, it’s called colorectal cancer (colon cancer). Colorectal ...

QUINCY — In recognition of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Blessing Health is providing free, take-home colorectal cancer screening kits to the public at locations in West-Central Illinois ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends colorectal cancer screening for all adults starting at age 45. After age 75, the task force recommends talking with your health care team to decide ...

Some Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans with drug coverage may cover the cost of colonoscopy prep kits. However, private insurance companies administer these plans, so the coverage ...