A healthy colon is important for your overall health. Colon polyps are often harmless, but they can be signs of colorectal cancer, which is a leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. The fact that ...

After the fasting, the uncomfortable cleanse and a drowsy ride home, it's a relief to have your colonoscopy screening behind you. But when the report arrives with the words "colon polyps," some ...

A colonoscopy recently revealed colon polyps — and a recommendation for another colonoscopy in three years. My younger sister’s colonoscopy yielded similar results. Neither of us seems to have many, ...

Colon cancer is one of the most preventable cancers in the United States, but each year it claims more than 50,000 lives – in part because early symptoms can be mild and easily missed. “Colon cancer ...

Colorectal cancer rates are rising in young people, according to Yale Medicine. Though colorectal cancer has declined ...

Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, director of ODH, emphasizes the importance of screenings, noting that there are approximately 5,500 new ...

If you’re over 50 years old, there’s a good chance you’ve had a colonoscopy. But you’re just as likely not to have had one, even though physicians have begun to recommend people have one after they ...

Sept. 24 -- TUESDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Black people undergoing colon cancer screening are more likely to have large precancerous polyps than are whites. Black men had a 16 percent increased ...

DCPS says the bus was taking kindergarteners from San Pablo Elementary School to the zoo for a field trip. Four students were transported to a hospital. Read full article: ‘I was freaking out’: ...

Colonoscopy screening is for people who feel healthy because that’s when we detect early growths in the colon.' ...

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DCPS says the bus was taking kindergarteners from San Pablo Elementary School to the zoo for a field trip. Four students were transported to a hospital. Read full article: ‘I was freaking out’: ...