Many gastrointestinal diseases begin with symptoms so mild they are easy to ignore. Occasional heartburn, changes in bowel habits or discomfort after meals may not feel urgent, yet these subtle issues ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD IBD commonly causes abdominal pain, diarrhea, fatigue, and urgent bowel movements.Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis often cause symptoms outside of the digestive ...

Colorectal cancer rates are rising among young people in the U.S. One woman diagnosed at 32 shares the subtle early symptoms she dismissed as anxiety.

Colon cancer remains one of the most prevalent yet often undetected forms of cancer, developing silently in the large intestine. According to recent medical data, it ranks as the third most common ...

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a long-term condition that causes ulcers and swelling in the digestive tract. The two main types of IBD are Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. These conditions ...

Early research also indicates there could be some differences in symptoms between men and women.

A young pregnant patient assumed abdominal pain and rectal bleeding was from her pregnancy. She was diagnosed with Stage IV ...

Early-onset colorectal cancer refers to colon and rectal cancers that develop in people before age 50. While colorectal cancer mostly occurs among people 50 and older, the number of younger people ...

IBS is a chronic gut disorder with discomfort and bowel changes, but no visible damage. IBS is categorized by bowel habits: constipation (IBS-C), diarrhea (IBS-D), mixed (IBS-M), and post-infectious.

Actor James Van Der Beek’s death following a diagnosis of colon cancer highlights how a rising number of young adults are dying of the disease, experts said. Van Der Beek, who rose to stardom in the ...