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By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Jan. 27, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Heavy drinking increases a person’s risk of colon cancer over their lifetime, a new study says.

Colon cancer is one of the most preventable cancers, yet its early symptoms are often overlooked or mistaken for minor ...

1 in 5 people being diagnosed with colorectal cancer are under age 55.

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’m due for my first colonoscopy, and I understand that the physician will be looking for polyps. What are they? Should I be worried if they find some? ANSWER: Good for you for ...

Doctors in Chicago are testing immersive technology as part of a new clinical trial that could change how colon cancer is ...

A subsidiary of GE Healthcare is developing a contrast agent that can help detect nearly invisible colon cancer polyps, according to a report by News Medical. In addition to the mushroom-shaped polyps ...

If you're in your 40s, you might think colon cancer is something to worry about decades from now. But alarming new research ...

Recently, Minnesotans have been receiving unsolicited, unrequested at-home colon cancer screening kits from health insurers, ...

Thousands of people will be saved from bowel cancer under changes to the national screening programme, health officials have said.

“We must double down on research to pinpoint what is driving this tsunami of cancer in generations born since 1950," the ...