A doctor has outlined a shocking case in which a woman was left brain dead after an internet hoax went horribly wrong. The incident, outlined on medical YouTube channel Chubbyemu, involves a ...

Some of the body’s most important work takes place in one of the least talked-about locations: the colon. A healthy colon helps the body absorb nutrients from the foods we eat. It also helps eliminate ...

A growing number of people under 50 are being diagnosed with more advanced stages of colon cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. The 2020 death of 43-year-old actor Chadwick Boseman due to ...

“You’re young. You’re healthy. We’re not worried about cancer.” Those words echoed in doctor’s offices 2,500 miles apart. Sarah Beran heard them in Los Angeles when she mentioned blood in her stool.

A widely used screening technique for colon cancer, sigmoidoscopy, misses two-thirds of potential tumors in women, twice as many as it does in men, according to the first large study to compare use of ...