Actor James Van Der Beek’s death following a diagnosis of colon cancer highlights how a rising number of young adults are dying of the disease, experts said. Van Der Beek, who rose to stardom in the ...

View post: Millions of Americans Getting an Extra $775 Refund from IRS Over 100,000 people will be diagnosed with colon cancer this year. James Van Der Beek, 48, died of colon cancer after a 2023 ...

New research pinpoints exactly how much alcohol is linked to an increased colon cancer risk Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared in Billboard and Reader's ...

Colon cancer is now the No. 1 cause of cancer deaths in Americans under 50. It claimed that spot seven years earlier than previously projected. Colon cancer deaths among people under 50 have risen ...

Ozempic and Wegovy might help people avoid colon cancer as well as promote weight loss or control diabetes, a new study says. People who took a GLP-1 drug were 36% less likely to get colon cancer than ...

Colon cancer diagnosis involves colonoscopy, imaging, and blood tests, with staging guiding treatment decisions. Stage 1 treatment typically involves surgery, while stage 2 may include chemotherapy ...

Colorectal cancer — which includes cancer of the colon and of the rectum — is considered early onset when diagnosed in people under the age of 50. While the majority of diagnoses are still among ...

There is no cure for the rare disease Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP), but researchers from Drexel University’s College of Medicine and the UMass Chan Medical School have achieved ...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common intestinal disorder that can cause cramps, gas, bloating, diarrhea, and constipation. It's sometimes called "nervous stomach" or a "spastic colon." IBS is ...

Sarah Basore, an Overland Park resident who is living with Stage 4 colon cancer, began clinical trials in August, which require weekly drives to Nashville. The current regime has stabilized her ...

Health insurance companies send all kinds of things in the mail: brochures about benefits, branded items such as coasters and duffel bags, and reminders to get certain health tests done. Some have ...