Colorectal cancer is the third most diagnosed type of cancer worldwide. Up to 80% of the cases are related to environmental ...

Emma Dimery, diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer in 2013, has recovered. After nearly a decade of treatments, she enrolled in a clinical trial in 2022. The trial at the University of Minnesota ...

The colon cancer mortality rate in people under 55 has been rising about 1% annually since the mid-2000s, with diagnoses in people under 50 expected to double by 2030. While experts are still ...

Doctors might be able to use a new scoring system to avoid unnecessary surgery to prevent strokes, a new study shows.

Two years ago, Emma Dimery was told her stage 4 colon cancer was incurable. Today, she is healthy and cancer-free — and she says a last-resort clinical trial saved her life. Dimery, who lives in ...

The single mom went to the ER four times before being diagnosed with colon cancer at 33. "For me to get it so young, everybody was just like, how? But it's happening to people younger and younger ...

This complex arrangement of arteries, veins, and capillaries works continuously to deliver oxygen and nutrients to tissues while removing waste products. When functioning properly, this system ...

Imagine your arteries like the pipes in your house. They carry something vital – your blood – all around your body. Just like pipes can get clogged with gunk, your arteries can get clogged ...

Colon cancer cases have been increasing among younger adults, and now researchers think they've identified a potential culprit. A bacterial toxin called colibactin, produced by certain strains of ...

A heart attack can strike without warning, and one of the leading culprits is clogged arteries. This silent condition builds up over time, often without symptoms, until it’s too late.

Ischemic colitis reduces blood flow to the colon or large intestine. Mesenteric ischemia is a reduction in blood flow to the small intestine due to the narrowing of the arteries. Both conditions ...

Up to 90% of colorectal cancers can be cured if they are found early. But once cancer spreads outside the colon, it is much harder to treat. That’s why regular colorectal cancer screenings, starting ...