A fascinating look at how digestion produces methane and hydrogen—and why your gut can actually create flammable gas.

Worldwide, colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality and the third most common cancer, with incidence rates increasing among individuals younger than 50 years.1 ...

Women who eat higher amounts of ultraprocessed foods may face a greater risk of developing colorectal polyps before age 50, a ...

Professor Calvin Coffey has been awarded the Ian Lavery Master Clinician in Colorectal Surgery Lectureship and Visiting Professorship - the highest honour bestowed by the Department of Colorectal Surg ...

Transgender people can encounter significant obstacles and barriers within healthcare systems that may hinder access to care ...

PROFESSOR Calvin Coffey, academic head of surgery at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) and foundation chair of surgery at ...

That’s exactly the kind of uniquely educational experience awaiting you at the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – America’s finest cabinet of medical curiosities and quite possibly the most ...

Dr David Liska, Chair of the Department of Colorectal Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, presents the Ian Lavery Master ...

A healthy gut is described as the foundation of overall well-being. What many don’t realise is that the foods eaten daily directly influence the gut microbiome, a community of good bacteria that ...

Q. My father died of colon cancer back in 1999. His brother and sister both died of colon cancer too, so this is a big concern in our family. After my father died, I read up on things that might ...

Jeff Smith was dumbfounded when he received a colon cancer screening kit in the mail. The 68-year-old Minnesota man hadn't asked for the Cologuard test, and his doctor hadn't mentioned anything about ...

A Scandinavian clinical trial has revealed that low-dose aspirin can halve the risk of colon and rectal cancer recurrence in patients with specific genetic mutations. The research, involving over ...