March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and there’s an important trend doctors want people to know about: colon cancer is being diagnosed more often in younger adults. For decades, colorectal ...

People who regularly have two drinks a day had a higher risk of colorectal cancer than adults who drank less than one drink per week on average. Adults who cut back on drinking can significantly ...

Nearly half of Americans don’t know that processed meat increases colorectal cancer risk, according to a new poll. But once they learn the connection, most support warning labels—suggesting people ...

If you’re under 50, it’s likely that colorectal cancer isn’t on your radar, but it should be. Once considered an older-age disease, rates are skyrocketing among young adults. Deema Zein spoke with two ...

From sausages and smoked bacon to salamis and even certain types of meatballs, many everyday favourites fall under the category of processed meats – foods that have been preserved through curing, ...

In 2019, Jennifer Lava had just moved to Washington, D.C., to start a new job and chapter. The New Jersey native, then 34, had a remarkably normal life and an unremarkable medical history. "I had been ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...