By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Jan. 27, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Heavy drinking increases a person’s risk of ...

A colonoscopy recently revealed colon polyps — and a recommendation for another colonoscopy in three years. My younger sister’s colonoscopy yielded similar results. Neither of us seems to have many, ...

Thousands of people will be saved from bowel cancer under changes to the national screening programme, health officials have said.

I KNOW from personal experience: catching cancer early gives people more than a fighting chance. My diagnosis for kidney ...

The NHS in England is improving the sensitivity of bowel cancer screening in a bid to pick up thousands more cases that could ...

The adjustment is projected to identify an additional 600 bowel cancer cases early each year, marking an 11 per cent increase ...

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MDMedically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Polyps in the colon and rectum (together called colorectal polyps) are common in people over age 50. They are usually ...

By reducing the level at which traces of blood in a FIT test trigger further investigation – from 120 micrograms of blood per gram of poo down to 80 – the NHS will offer 35% more screening ...

Learn how stool appearance can signal colon cancer. Recognize signs like ribbon-like and pebble-shaped stools, and understand ...

Colorectal cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in the United States, and as the years pass, it’s clear that the degree of people under 50 that are being diagnosed with the ...