Getting a colonoscopy was the first step to gaining insight on my colon cancer. Never in a million years would I have ever thought that in my early 30sI would be getting a colonoscopy. During that ...

Symptoms that include abdominal pain, bloating, and constipation have led to two colonoscopies and more digestive health adventures in my life. But simple daily changes are making a difference. It ...

When I got the call that my 65-year-old father was in the hospital, I wasn’t overly concerned. Despite spending years of my ...

Gabriella Parker, 25, has experienced digestive health issues since childhood. When she was 21, she had a colonoscopy for the first time. Having a colonoscopy served as the wake-up call she needed to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A month ago I wouldn't have been able to write about this - not just because I had no clear-cut answers on what exactly was going ...

Some of my fondest memories from my previous cancer research career was spending a week each July on a small liberal arts college campus in New Hampshire. Unlike large research and medical society ...

I let the Mexiclan — a text chat of my closest friends — know what I was about to do. Memes citing the farting scene from "Blazing Saddles" and others too rude to mention in a family paper immediately ...

Fear kept me from getting a colonoscopy all these years, that is, until now. I had my first colonoscopy on Jan. 15 and as I like to joke, “It’s all behind me now.” Seriously, I should have had the ...

DETROIT – Many people (especially guys) are squeamish about their own health. For some, it’s just the fear of hearing something other than the news that you’re fine. For others, the “if it ain’t broke ...

In my 20s, after my doctor performed a laparoscopy to examine my uterus and ovaries, he gave me a videotape of the procedure. I dubbed it “Madame Ovary,” threw a party and screened it for my friends.