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Thank you Science!

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I've been dreading a colonoscopy for years. Looks like that may soon become obselete!

https://thepremierdaily.com/goodbye-colo...S1J=pdgHgk

"As the medical field progresses, experts work on ways to improve procedures, to make them easier, quicker, and more comfortable for the patient. That time has come for colonoscopies. Forget the sedation and invasive insertion. All that this procedure entails is one large pill, various sensors placed on the abdomen, which are then attached to a portable belt you wear over your shirt.

Brazil approved of this technology almost four years ago and now it’s becoming increasingly common in other laboratories and diagnostic centers around the world. Loyola Medicine’s digestive health program is the first of its kind in Chicago to offer this method.

Instead of inserting a tube with a camera, the doctor gives the patient a pill with a camera device inside it. The patient swallows it, and the pill takes thousands of pictures as it works its way through the gut, and transmits them to a data recorder the patient wears around the waist...."


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