Hydrotherapy of the colon, also known as colonic cleansing or irrigation, involves using water to flush waste out of the large intestine. The colon is the large intestine, and it absorbs water and ...

These foods make up 70% of the U.S. food supply and may be driving colon cancer rates in people under the age of 50, per the JAMA Oncology study.

Irrigating your colon doesn’t sound pleasant, but practitioners claim it can provide numerous health benefits like improving digestion and weight loss. However, doing a colon cleanse doesn’t come ...

A redundant colon is longer than a typical colon, especially in the final section (called the descending colon). It often has additional loops or twists. Your colon (large intestine) is a part of your ...

Little is known regarding the clinical and, in particular, pathological manifestations of patients with isolated colonic Crohn's disease. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical and ...

Colon polyps are small growths on the lining of your colon or large intestine, part of your digestive tract. Most aren’t harmful. But some can turn into colon cancer over time. For that reason, your ...

A redundant or tortuous colon is an abnormally long colon that cannot fit inside the body without looping or twisting. There is no obvious cause, but it can lead to complications and gastrointestinal ...

"Not all colon polyps are cancerous but all colon cancer starts as a polyp which is why everyone needs to know about them and ...

Detecting and characterizing colonic polyps using high-definition imaging and narrow-band imaging (NBI) has yielded modest results. Now, two randomized studies have substantiated the role of NBI in ...