Sigmoid volvulus is rare in the U.S., accounting for 10% of intestinal obstruction cases, researchers note. Risk factors include older age and chronic constipation. It’s not a condition the average ...

However, it is only during the last years that colon stenting has become a routine ... and finally one patient underwent successful sigmoid volvulus derotation. The number of therapeutic ...

Daily low-dose aspirin can help prevent cancers from returning in about a third of colon cancer patients, a new study says.

That's when they discovered a "grapefruit-sized" tumor in his colon, he said. Lopez saw the scan and couldn't believe his eyes. Colon cancer? He was so young, healthy, and fit. Stories like Lopez ...

Colon cancer cases are soaring in young people, alarming experts and leaving doctors scrambling for answers as to why. Now, a study published by a team of international researchers in the journal ...

Sigmoid volvulus happens when the sigmoid colon, the part of the large intestine closest to the rectum, twists around itself. It’s the most common type of volvulus in adults. When the sigmoid ...

In August, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill 2385, mandating insurance coverage for all colonoscopies for patients exhibiting symptoms of colon cancer or having an existing colon condition ...

CONCERNED. YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. SHE SAYS THAT IT’S RAISED LOTS OF CONCERNS FOR HER. SHE THINKS IT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED AND NOW SHE WANTS ANSWERS FOR HOW IT COULD HAVE EVEN HAPPENED.

A former top Justice Department immigration official who was removed from her position by new DOJ leadership this week told ABC News that she did not receive any explanation for her removal.

Axel Rudakubana has been removed from court after shouting and telling the judge: "I need to see a paramedic because I feel ill." Rudakubana, 18, from Lancashire, was sentenced to life in prison ...