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A potentially life-saving bowel cancer screening test can spot the disease at an early stage at West Herts Teaching Hospital NHS Trust.

Birmingham (Ala.) Gastroenterology has opened a clinic in Jasper, Ala., expanding access to digestive health services in the region, the Daily Mountain Eagle reported April 2. The new location is ...

Feeling healthy is not the same as being healthy. Many of the conditions that cause the greatest harm like heart disease, cancer, diabetes that develop quietly, like hairline cracks in a foundation.

I need to get this off my chest: doctors, nurses, and medical professionals are just humans. That means sometimes they're not cut out for the job, and you can end up having an experience that's ...

People of average risk for colon cancer should get a screening or colonoscopy earlier than previously advised.

As we get older, medical professionals encourage us to get screened for colon cancer. Dr. Ishaan Madhok, a gastroenterologist ...