She blamed irritable bowel syndrome, constipation and even a tight bra. Looking back, she had some classic symptoms of colon ...

Alarmed by the color and frequency of the blood in her stool, Mahon was referred to a GI doctor who initially thought she had an autoimmune disease. “Once I got the colonoscopy, she told me that she ...

When we think of cancer, we often focus on the big symptoms, but colorectal cancer comes with side effects that don’t always ...

Daily low-dose aspirin can help prevent cancers from returning in about a third of colon cancer patients, a new stu ...

Daily low-dose aspirin can help prevent cancers from returning in about a third of colon cancer patients, a new study says.

Hospitals are closing all over rural America, threatening access for the most vulnerable. In fact, 136 rural hospitals closed ...

Emily King of Mobile, Alabama, was diagnosed with colon cancer five years ago at the age of 27. She had experienced some diarrhea, abdominal pain and anemia, but having cancer had never entered ...

While blood can be a symptom of colon cancer, other causes of rectal bleeding include IBD, anal fissures, and haemorrhoids. In any case, this type of bleeding should be addressed and assessed by a ...

The CDC advises 45- to 75 year olds to get screened for colorectal cancer regularly. However, the American Cancer Society's statistics show that it is on the rise among people under the age of 50, ...