A new bowel scoring tool to evaluate Crohn’s disease is reliable, easy to use, and ready for clinicians to put into practice, according to study.

Simplified scoring tool accurately measures inflammation and healing in the gut for children with Crohn’s disease, a type of inflammatory bowel disease.

A study of colonoscopy recipients finds mixed feelings about using age, life expectancy and risk calculators to guide screening. How doctors can steer the conversation.

Three clinical trials are investigating which of two screenings — colonoscopy or a lower-cost stool-based test — is more effective at saving lives.