As his dirty, bare butt was up in the air waiting to be prepped, the doctor asked if he would mind if some students came in to view his wound. Not thinking clearly, he said yes, and a half dozen young ...

March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month—a time when physicians around the world repeat a simple but lifesaving message: Colon cancer is one of the most preventable cancers we know, if we look for it ...

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and doctors are sounding the alarm on the increasing diagnoses and how symptoms can go unnoticed. If you've had constipation, bleeding from bowel movement, ...

How a dreaded medical chore is getting a longevity rebrand.

The recent death of the 48-year-old actor James Van Der Beek is again highlighting how colorectal cancer is increasingly killing younger people. Overall, cancer death rates in people younger than 50 ...

Regular colon cancer screenings can help find and treat the disease early. There are multiple alternatives to colonoscopy, including stool tests and sigmoidoscopy. Stool tests for colon cancer can be ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Colorectal cancer screening rates among Mexican American men lag significantly behind other groups at just 46%, ...

Colonoscopy prep, which involves drinking a liquid that helps evacuate your bowels, gives your doctor the best possible view of your colon during colorectal cancer screenings. But the process has long ...

It turns out that despite everything you’ve heard, getting a colonoscopy is wonderful. By Sam Anderson For many of us, a colonoscopy is a distant inevitable horror, like the heat death of the universe ...

American rock climber Alex Honnold said he was paid an “embarrassing” amount for free climbing one of the world’s tallest skyscrapers without ropes or protective gear. The 40-year-old daredevil scaled ...

Get ready for a butt load of ugly truth. A doctor is pulling back the curtain on what really happens when you’re under sedation during a colonoscopy — and it may change how you schedule the rest of ...