Colorectal Health News

According to new research from the American Institute for Cancer Research, several types of cancer are linked to obesity.

Two north central West Virginia hospitals have launched a joint fundraiser to benefit patient care and cancer research.

Hemorrhoids may be undetected until bleeding occurs and may be present for years.

A bowel cancer screening programme, due to begin in December, has been delayed, because money to pay for it has gone towards paying for swine flu instead.

While House Democrats led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi point to Canada's government-run public health care system as a model for remedying U.S. health care inadequacies, the Canadian system is showing serious problems of its own.

" A patient's socioeconomic status has absolutely no impact on his outcome following curative radiation therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

Eva Houseman, 49, was the first of her siblings to find out that she had the gene that predicts an 85 percent chance of getting breast cancer.

"Nothing helps people stay healthy more than the power of real knowledge about health." - Dr.

The effectiveness of a screening colonoscopy may depend on the time of day it is performed.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Oncology Physician Resource announced today the launch of an innovative oncology treatment initiative aimed at enhancing the quality of care for patients with certain types of cancer.

These new findings with stomach cancer cells are only the latest to suggest that this hotly studied spice may possess anti-cancer potential.

I've noticed that having a discussion about colon cancer screenings with patients older than 50 often makes them feel uncomfortable.

Women who regularly use nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have better survival after a colorectal cancer diagnosis, research indicates.

Liberty County is the recipient of a recent Southeast Georgia Cancer Alliance grant for a local initiative called the Bottom's Up Coalition, which will link at-risk, vulnerable populations in Liberty County with resources providing prevention education, screening and treatment of colorectal cancer.

Arthur Cohen was a healthy, active 85-year-old when his Toronto doctor recommended a colonoscopy to check for early signs of colorectal cancer.

A severely mentally ill man who spent more than 15 years in seclusion at a Virginia psychiatric hospital has died, weeks after his family won a battle to have him moved closer to them.

New research finds that blacks are at much higher risk of developing colorectal cancer than other groups of people, and they are more likely to be diagnosed at a later stage of the disease.

The new recommendations represent the first wave of an effort by M. D. Anderson to improve the effectiveness of efforts to prevent and detect cancer at its earliest, most treatable stage by reconstructing and expanding its screening, risk reduction and diagnostic guidelines across eight disease sites.

San Diego, CA A- Three studies presented this week at the American College of Gastroenterology's 74th Annual Scientific meeting in San Diego underscore the growing disparities in gastrointestinal disease, particularly colon cancer and Barrett's Esophagus, among certain ethnic and gender populations, including African Americans, Latinos and women.

October 26, 2009 -- Researchers from Taiwan report in a new study that unsedated colonoscopy for primary colorectal cancer screening is well accepted in a majority of patients.