Woman who had agonizing stomach pain and a bloated belly had a twisted colon, or sigmoid volvulus. Doctors had to untwist it ...

And while it might be a bit uncomfortable, it’s certainly less so than having parts of your bowels surgically removed. A colon and rectal surgeon has shared the request he always has of his ...

A woman is suing the manufacturer of Ozempic, claiming she had to have her colon removed following complications from taking ...

Usually the colostomy is temporary, until the colon or rectum heals. If the lower part of the rectum has been removed, the colostomy is permanent. When the two-stage operation is done, the time ...

Melissa Hubbard underwent surgery to remove part of her colon. What she didn’t know until afterward was that her ovaries were ...

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 ...

Getting regular checkups and colon cancer screening is the best way to prevent colorectal cancer. The US Preventive Services Task Force and the American Cancer Society both recommend that people ...

Most patients with ulcerative colitis will not require surgery. However, some patients may not respond to medications or have other severe symptoms that require removal of the colon. Removal of the ...

Another example of preventive surgery is colon removal (prophylactic colectomy) for familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). FAP is an inherited condition where hundreds or thousands of colon polyps form ...

An Anderson, South Carolina, man wants to tell everyone his health care story and the need to get a second opinion.