June 15 (Reuters) - Spyre Therapeutics said on Monday its experimental bowel disease drug met the main goal of significantly ...

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Hundreds of families are expected to take part in Take Steps Central Ohio at Coffman Park in Dublin on Saturday to improve ...

Blood tests taken in a doctor’s office now can be used to screen for colon cancer, according to updated American Cancer Society (ACS) guidelines. The new guidelines also recommend Cologuard, an ...

There is a strong connection between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and spondyloarthritis—a condition that causes pain and stiffness in the joints. The risk is particularly high among patients with ...

No one asks for colon cancer. Behaviors and risk factors may influence a person's chances of developing the disease, but I have never met anyone who wanted cancer.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Data suggests that bowel cancers are on the rise among people younger than 50. Studies have found that younger people are more ...

Symptoms can include fever, a fast heartbeat, severe abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, dehydration, and a swollen abdomen. The ...

Surgeons commonly perform a prostatectomy to treat prostate cancer. It involves removing all or part of the prostate. However, prostate removal may cause bowel problems in some people. A prostatectomy ...

What Is Proctitis and How Does It Compare to UC? Proctitis is inflammation of the rectum, the last part of the large intestine that connects the colon to the anus. Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a type of ...

Jeff Smith was dumbfounded when he received a colon cancer screening kit in the mail. The 68-year-old Minnesota man hadn't asked for the Cologuard test, and his doctor hadn't mentioned anything about ...