March marks Colon Cancer Awareness Month, and Physicians at Birmingham Gastroenterology are urging Alabamians to get screened at the recommended age due to rising ...

A new study casts doubt on the idea that regularly taking an over-the-counter painkiller can help ward off colorectal cancer — at least for the general population. Worse, researchers warn that the ...

Scientists found an unexpected viral hitchhiker lurking inside a common gut bacterium – and it was twice as prevalent in people with colorectal cancer.

If a blue-and-white box has arrived at your door, you’re not alone. Millions of adults across the U.S. now receive a use-at-home colorectal cancer screening test through their health insurance or ...

Vegetarians have a lower risk than meat-eaters of developing at least five cancers, according to the largest study on the potential impact of diet on the development of the disease.

To measure how bacterial communities shift between health and disease, the team developed a new metric called the Ecological ...

Scientists have identified a new way to distinguish healthy guts from diseased ones and track how some illnesses progress by measuring how gut bacteria interact with one another. According to a study ...

Hidden within cancer DNA data, researchers uncovered viruses and bacteria that may influence both diagnosis and survival.

Sedentary behaviour (SB) is linked to a higher risk of metabolic disorders, cardiovascular disease, all-cause mortality and musculoskeletal decline. Office workers (OW) are particularly vulnerable to ...

I try not to think of what would have happened if they had found this at the beginning,” says Runkel. “I find that if I just ...

A Miami-based doctor points out the high incidence of colorectal cancer in the Black community and lauds new blood tests that may help patients who lack access to other health care options.