Ashland County health officials are seeking grant money to increase at-home colorectal cancer screening kits — despite a ...

Her colon had to be “unkinked” during an emergency colonoscopy, Grenham says, then shortened to prevent it from happening again. The sigmoid colon — the part of the large intestine nearest ...

Woman who had agonizing stomach pain and a bloated belly had a twisted colon, or sigmoid volvulus. Doctors had to untwist it and remove part of her colon.

You’ve probably heard of “colorectal cancer,” but colon cancer and rectal cancer aren’t the same. If you or someone you’re close to has it, you’ll want to know what they have in common ...

Crohn’s disease can also increase the risk of colon cancer if one-third of the colon or more is affected by Crohn’s. If less than one-third is affected, or it does not affect the colon at all ...