Young adults should get screened for colon cancer, especially if they have symptoms or a family history of the disease. Maskot/Getty Images Experts continue to emphasize the importance of younger ...

In the US, the highest rates of colorectal cancer are found in those of American Indian, Alaska Native, and African American ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Data suggests that bowel cancers are on the rise among people younger than 50. Studies have found that younger people are more ...

A local nurse is encouraging others to get screened for colon cancer following her own health scare at a young age.

Colon cancer is a type of cancer (abnormal cells growing uncontrollably) that begins in the large intestine. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a disorder in how the brain and gut communicate and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chelsea Jia Feng/BI Cases of colon cancer have risen in younger people by 2% per year since 2011. GI oncologist Dr. James Cleary ...

The patient was 22 years old and a recent college graduate, suffering from inexplicable stomach pain. She'd had the pain off and on for about a year and assumed it was stress-related. She finished her ...

LMH Health, 325 Maine St., is pictured in May 2021. Colon cancer rates are on the rise in people under age 50, but don’t let those statistics fool you. It’s important for older adults to get screened ...

A Miami man credits a routine blood test with saving his life after early-stage colon cancer was found via colonoscopy, ...

IBS is a chronic gut disorder with discomfort and bowel changes, but no visible damage. IBS is categorized by bowel habits: constipation (IBS-C), diarrhea (IBS-D), mixed (IBS-M), and post-infectious.

A new therapy that combines two existing drugs shows promise for patients with inflammatory bowel disease who have exhausted ...