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 ...

Unlike your actual age, which is simply the number of years you’ve been alive, your biological age shows how well (or poorly) your body is functioning. It’s affected by things like your genes, how you ...

Sept. 24 -- TUESDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Black people undergoing colon cancer screening are more likely to have large precancerous polyps than are whites. Black men had a 16 percent increased ...

A healthy colon is important for your overall health. Colon polyps are often harmless, but they can be signs of colorectal cancer, which is a leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. The fact that ...

Colorectal cancer is a silent threat most of the time, starting right inside one's colon. The good news is that in its earliest stages, it looks nothing like cancer at all. To the trained surgeon/doc ...

We obtained 24,584 pathology reports from colonoscopies performed at the University of Utah’s Gastroenterology Clinic. Two investigators annotated 350 reports to determine inter-rater agreement, ...

North Texas resident Jakki Newton is encouraging others to follow their doctor’s recommendations for colon cancer screening after she had a precancerous colon polyp. Her physician removed the polyp ...

When Jim Blocher got a colonoscopy at the Columbus Free Clinic, his doctor found a polyp the size of a lime. Blocher, at age 67, was uninsured and decades overdue for a colonoscopy. Despite his age ...