In this article a physician describes being diagnosed with cancer and her journey that occurred after diagnosis with colon ...

It turns out that despite everything you’ve heard, getting a colonoscopy is wonderful. By Sam Anderson For many of us, a colonoscopy is a distant inevitable horror, like the heat death of the universe ...

Get ready for a butt load of ugly truth. A doctor is pulling back the curtain on what really happens when you’re under sedation during a colonoscopy — and it may change how you schedule the rest of ...

A team led by clinicians and engineers has wrapped the plant-derived polyphenol pterostilbene (PSB) into prebiotic alginate/resistant-starch microcapsules coated with chitosan and shown that oral ...

A variant of the Aeromonas bacterium promoted colon inflammation in mice and was detected in stools and colon tissue from patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). Suspecting that gut-resident ...

Lymphocytic colitis is a bowel condition characterized by chronic, watery diarrhea and the buildup of white blood cells in your gut. It is most common in older adults. Lymphocytic colitis is a rare ...

ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 20 (UPI) --Chinese researchers say a new kind of bacteria-packed pill can quickly detect gastrointestinal disease and has the potential to replace invasive colonoscopies in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than 50% of adenomas developed within 7.5 months of immune checkpoint inhibitor-mediated diarrhea and ...

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — When it comes to conditions in the colon and rectum, surgeons who specialize in these specific areas see a lot. Dr. Amy Curry is a general surgeon specializing in the colon and ...

As mentioned, Crohn’s colitis is a subtype of Crohn’s disease that only affects the colon. “We typically label Crohn’s based on what part of the gastrointestinal tract it affects,” says Sara ...

ATLANTA -- Mortality rates from Clostridioides difficile-related infections have fallen steadily since 2016, but the condition continues to take an uneven lethal toll based on sex, demographics, and ...

Credit: Getty Images A 29-year-old man undergoes a total proctocolectomy with end-to-end ileostomy after 2 years of surveillance for ulcerative colitis. A 29-year-old White man presents in May 2023 ...