Researchers found a split-dose sulfate-based tablet to be noninferior to a split-dose sulfate-based solution for colonoscopy bowel preparation.

A 20-year initiative that offered flexible options for colorectal cancer screening at a major integrated health system ...

New research suggests that the largest cosmic structure is even bigger and closer to Earth than we knew. It goes against ...

Nikhil Jayswal, diagnosed with Crohn's disease at 20, faced colectomy and later, cancer. Battling severe health issues and ...

Researchers from UC San Francisco have announced a study that found computed tomography, or CT scans, may account for as much ...

CT colonography is a test that uses CT scans to check the large bowel (colon) and back passage (rectum). It’s also called a virtual colonoscopy. You have this test as an outpatient in the CT scanning ...

The small intestine is around 20 ft (6 m) long and absorbs around 90% of the nutrients from food into the bloodstream. From the large intestine, the body absorbs water and electrolytes.

Stools become hard when they don't contain enough water. This can happen if takes too long for stool to travel through your large intestine (called the stool transit time). The treatment of ...

Three years earlier she had been diagnosed with bowel cancer (also known as colorectal or colon cancer), which had since spread to her liver, and the operation had been gruelling. As she came to ...

Your number two reveals a lot about you. Here's what your time on the toilet says about your health, according to gastroenterologists. Lara Vukelich is a freelance writer in San Diego, California.

The rectum is the final 4- to 5-inch section of your large intestine, or colon ... this problem—usually involves a more invasive procedure. Imaging studies like X-ray, ultrasound, and magnetic ...

A large brawl broke out at a California In-N-Out restaurant, and a gun was fired at some point during the fight, cops said. Photo by Kevin Lanceplaine via Unsplash A gun was fired as dozens of ...