More then 100,000 people will be diagnosed with colon cancer for the first time this year. Common symptoms of colon cancer include abdominal pain, fatigue and bloody stool. Even if your symptoms seem ...

If you're in your 40s, you might think colon cancer is something to worry about decades from now. But alarming new research ...

An investigational multitarget stool DNA test for screening colorectal cancer detects significantly more cancers than the currently available fecal immunochemical test (FIT), researchers report. But ...

This symptom is often dismissed, which is why it's so important to recognize.

A colonoscopy is an exam that lets your physician see your entire colon. Before the test, your health care team will give you instructions for how to clear your colon of any stool. This process is ...

If you take just the recommended dose of laxatives, though, the risk of serious electrolyte complications is extremely low.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rates of colon cancer in people under 50 have grown in recent decades. One study found that 82% of young colon cancer patients ...

Cologuard is a colon cancer screening test you can do at home. It’s a noninvasive, stool-based test that comes in a kit. You use the kit to collect a stool sample. Then you send the sample to a lab ...

In some cases, constipation can be related to pelvic floor dysfunction, and this stretch can help relax in those muscles. “The Malasana squat helps open up the pelvic floor muscles, which can help ...

Beneath the troubling statistics and beyond the worrisome headlines, organizations like Georgia CORE, the Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education, are working to spread awareness, increase ...

Rates of colon cancer in people under 50 have grown in recent decades. One study found that 82% of young colon cancer patients were misdiagnosed initially. Two women who had colon cancer in their 30s ...