Colon cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer if you don’t count skin cancers. If the cancer hasn’t spread, then one of the possible treatments is a sigmoid colectomy. That may be a ...

Doctors may recommend a colostomy if the bowel becomes diseased or damaged. This procedure involves cutting into the abdominal wall to drain stool from the colon. Any surgery ending in “ostomy” ...

While colorectal cancer polyps often have no symptoms—especially in the early stages—there are some warning signs to be on ...

A colonic—also called colon hydrotherapy—involves flushing the colon with warm, filtered water through a small tube inserted into the rectum. Practitioners claim it removes built-up waste, toxins, and ...

Endoscopy and colonoscopy are both minimally invasive procedures using similar tools. However, they have different purposes. Doctors use endoscopy in several tests throughout the body, but they ...

For patients with complex benign colorectal polyps, surgical intervention tends to be the norm. Yet, endoluminal procedures like endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) and endoscopic submucosal dissection ...