Bowel Cancer

Antibiotic Use May Be Increasing Your Risk For Bowel Cancer

New research has found a link between using antibiotics for an extended period of time and developing growths in the bowel later in life, a precursor for bowel cancer.

Do Most People Get Cancer?

Look around at your family, friends and acquaintances: It seems like most people get cancer at some point, right? Here's what the science says.

What Cleanses And Colonic Irrigation Do To Your Body

Should you get regular colonics? Doctors warn that pumping water up your rectum is not good for your health.

Is Cancer Too Profitable To Cure?

There are many reasons that cancer hasn't been cured yet — but money-making isn't one of them.

7 Body Parts You Can Live Without

Don’t like all of your organs? No problem — you can live without a whole bunch of them.

6 Natural Laxatives To Make You Poop

These 6 natural laxatives, from chia seeds to kombucha, can help alleviate constipation by making you poop instantly.

15.5 Million Americans Are Cancer Survivors

As of Jan. 1, 2016, more than 15.5 million Americans have a history of cancer; in 2026, this number will reach more than 20 million.

Obama Wants To Cure Cancer With The Help Of Immunotherapy

President Obama promised to undertake a national effort to cure cancer, a “new moonshot” with Vice President Biden in charge of “mission control.”

The Many Health Benefits Of Pears, Based On Science

Pears, which are commercially grown in Washington, California, and Oregon, provide vitamin C and necessary fiber all for a mere 100 calories.

A New Bowel Cancer Screening Test Is Very Unpopular But Necessary

More than half of those invited to take a new colorectal cancer screening test decided against doing so.

National Cancer Survivors Day Emphasizes The Needs Of All Patients

National Cancer Survivors Day, which is intended to raise awareness of cancer patients' ongoing challenges, will be celebrated across the country this Sunday, June 7.