“When a doctor tells you it’s stage 4, you think, ‘My life is over,'" said Amy Piccioli ...

Patients with IBD may experience increased serum levels of vitamin D with supplementation, but improvement in disease ...

A global meta-analysis finds that anemia affects 37% of patients with inflammatory bowel disease, highlighting gaps in ...

Researchers noted that those born between 1970 and 1985 are dying more from colon cancer and cardiovascular disease: "It’s never good to have more deaths at young ages" ...

Colon cancer is now the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in people younger than 50. Early screening and lifestyle changes are recommended.

Their storybook romance began when Dan Gilbert, with his dashing good looks, as he jovially proclaims, stole the heart of the fair maiden and rock and roller, Lauren Gilbert. As Dan tells it, the two ...

Researchers studying over 8,400 colonoscopies discovered that having both adenomas and serrated polyps in the bowel can raise the risk of serious precancerous changes by up to five times. These two ...

The gut microbiome—the trillions of bacteria and other microbes that inhabit the gastrointestinal tract—drives a process vital for protecting the colon against tissue injury, according to the findings ...

Knowing the symptoms is important to help spot bowel cancer early.

At 47 years old, orthopedic surgeon Todd Grunander never expected to hear the word cancer, let alone colon cancer.

Younger colorectal cancer patients have abnormally stiff colon tissue that promotes tumor growth, pointing to biomechanical forces as a key factor in early-onset disease.

A UT Dallas and UT Southwestern study found tumors in younger patients develop in scar-like colon tissue — changes that may occur before cancer forms. Getty Images Last month, actor James Van Der Beek ...