Colonoscopy” and “cool” are rarely uttered in the same sentence.Yet, Shikha Jain, MD, FACP, associate professor of medicine ...

More than two-thirds of Americans would rather file their taxes than get a cancer-detecting colonoscopy, even though more than half don't know that screening should begin at age 45, a national survey ...

A Chicago-area mother of four who was nearing her 50th birthday recently underwent a life-saving surgery thanks to a health pact made with her friends during her childhood. Jennifer Harmening was ...

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 ...

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 ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S. Medical professionals say 60 percent of deaths from colorectal cancer could be avoided with ...