Bowel cancer can start in the large bowel (colon cancer) or back passage (rectal cancer). It is also called colorectal cancer. This section is about treatment for colon cancer that hasn't spread to ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of intestinal disorders that cause prolonged inflammation of the digestive tract. It can include ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn’s disease.

Is IBD an autoimmune disease? While it has similarities with autoimmune diseases, IBD is a little different. IBD falls under the umbrella of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs ...

But after a couple of years of work, xMEMS has arrived at the next generation — ultrasound through a solid-state speaker. This tiny, 1mm-thin speaker is called Cypress, and after listening to it ...

A glass of milk a day could help keep bowel cancer away – or so finds a study by Oxford University and Cancer Research UK. The research suggests that increasing daily milk intake by as little as ...

Correlations seen with fecal calprotectin, endoscopic disease activity, but not clinical disease activity. HealthDay News — Intestinal ultrasound (IU) can be considered a screening tool for pediatric ...

Hundreds of thousands more people will be sent a home-testing kit that can help to detect signs of bowel cancer, as the NHS expands its lifesaving screening programme to those aged 50 in England.

All 50-74-year-olds in England will now receive a home-testing kit for bowel cancer every two years. NHS England has been posting the faecal-immunochemical test (Fit) to all 54-74-year-olds since ...

Brekafast is boiled eggs and oatcakes if on the go, or a overnight oats with seeds After undergoing surgery for bowel cancer, I’ve found it helpful to eat my meals within a narrow window ...

However, even if an individual experiences multiple risk factors, one can take several preventative measures to prevent the condition. Fecal impaction typically occurs when a person has not had a ...

aDepartment of Surgery, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia bDepartment of Surgery, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, NSW, Australia A 62-year-old man with a parastomal hernia at ...