Young cancer cases are rising but a significant number are diagnosed late. A man was given laxatives twice before doctors ...

Colon cancer is one of the most common cancers in the United States and cases among younger adults are rising. Early detection is critical, as symptoms may not appear until the cancer has progressed. ...

Aspirin reduces the risk of colon cancer recurrence after surgery, but only in patients with a specific genetic marker ...

Dear Doctors: I’m a 77-year-old man and was having trouble with hard stools. My doctor suggested a stool softener. It worked for about a week, but then I developed diarrhea. Over-the-counter diarrhea ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects millions, with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis being its main forms. While causes involve complex immune, genetic, and microbial interactions, new ...

Researchers are finally getting to the bottom of a troubling trend. Once considered a disease of older adults, colorectal ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by doctors, meant for physicians and other healthcare professionals as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through ...

Researchers have described the neurodegeneration that occurs in the nervous system of the bowel in Batten disease, a rare and fatal genetic condition. In their latest study, a team showed that gene ...

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 ...