Blood Test Could Guide Use of Anti-Inflammatory Drug Celecoxib to Reduce Risk of Colon Cancer Recurrence Jan. 28, 2025 — A data analysis from a randomized clinical trial for stage 3 colon cancer ...

A recent clinical study by the UConn School of Medicine reveals that walnuts, a common dry fruit, can significantly reduce colon cancer risk and combat inflammation. The key lies in ellagitannins ...

Doctors at Huntsman Cancer Hospital removed the 36-year-old woman’s real stomach less than two weeks ago, a preventive ...

Macular telangiectasia type 2, also known as MacTel, is a rare eye disease that can lead to vision loss. Although MacTel rarely leads to total blindness, it does cause a decline of sharp central ...

OCT staging can aid in the diagnosis, prognosis, and development of targeted therapeutic interventions in macular telangiectasia type 2. Research published in Retina describes 3 patterns of ...

Colonic hydrotherapy (also called colon cleansing or colonics), is a procedure that involves flushing out the colon with liquid, such as water. While it's commonly done before certain medical ...

Adenomatous polyps typically do not cause symptoms unless they progress to colon cancer. Even then, there may be no sign of a problem until the malignancy is advanced. This is why colon cancer ...

Dennis the Menace star Jay North died at the age of 73 after battling colon cancer for years. Also known as colorectal cancer, the disease is a type of cancer that develops in the tissues of the colon ...

Share on Pinterest Young adults should get screened for colon cancer, especially if they have symptoms or a family history of the disease. Maskot/Getty Images Real stories of young adults ...

Lately, there has been an increased interest in understanding if cancer is related to obesity. In this paper, we review the incidence of colon cancer and obesity. Insulin is the best established ...

For the clinical trial, patients between the ages of 40 to 65 years and at an elevated risk for colon cancer, were referred for the study from the Division of Gastroenterology at UConn Health ...