Shambi Broome had subtle abdominal pain. She was diagnosed with colon cancer once she turned 45 and became eligible for a ...

It turns out that despite everything you’ve heard, getting a colonoscopy is wonderful. By Sam Anderson For many of us, a colonoscopy is a distant inevitable horror, like the heat death of the universe ...

I had rectal bleeding, the most common symptom of colon cancer in people under 45. I also had a family history of colon cancer, which pushed me to get a colonoscopy at 33. My out-of-pocket colonoscopy ...

The recent death of the 48-year-old actor James Van Der Beek is again highlighting how colorectal cancer is increasingly killing younger people. Overall, cancer death rates in people younger than 50 ...

I paused, and then I clicked "cancel appointment." The blood in my stool, the most common sign of colon cancer in young people, was going away. I chalked up my concerns to my job: I was interviewing ...