Olympic gold medalist Abby Wambach had a colonoscopy in her 30s after a family history of colon cancer. It found polyps that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After the fasting, the uncomfortable cleanse and a drowsy ride home, it’s a relief to have your colonoscopy screening behind you.

Sponsored by The Baton Rouge Clinic A colonoscopy might not be a favorite topic of conversation, but it’s one of the most ...

A colonoscopy recently revealed colon polyps — and a recommendation for another colonoscopy in three years. My younger sister’s colonoscopy yielded similar results. Neither of us seems to have many, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a physician and behavioral scientist at Duke University. Colon cancer is often preventable with timely screening. One way to ...

Doctors say there are less invasive screening options for colon cancer, but each comes with tradeoffs.

Many colorectal cancers begin as polyps. These growths are usually benign and cause no immediate harm. However, two specific ...

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 ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Guardant Health' s blood test, called Shield, to screen for colon cancer. The test isn't meant to replace colonoscopies, but is generating ...

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, a time to talk openly about a disease that affects many families but is often ...

The UW Medicine Cancer Vaccine Institute is also developing vaccines that target breast, ovarian and lung cancers.