Colon cancer pain often feels like cramping, bloating, or a dull ache in the abdomen or back. Pain may worsen at night or in the morning, not improve with rest, and differ from common muscle or ...

About 1 in 23 males and 1 in 25 females in the United States will develop colorectal cancer during their lifetime, making it a cancer worth taking seriously—even if it’s not always easy to talk about.

After 30 years as a nurse, with the last three spent in the operating rooms at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Carolyn Speich has developed a professional distaste for ...

When Jamie Ball felt sharp pain in her side, she believed she was experiencing gallbladder troubles. After about three weeks of discomfort, she visited the emergency room hoping they’d give her ...

Stercoral colitis is an inflammatory condition in which feces collect and cause pressure to build up within the colon. It can lead to complications such as rupture without treatment. Chronic ...

“ With the linaclotide colonic release program, our intent was to dial up or down the two components of the linaclotide mechanism of action – the effect on pain-sensing nerves and the effect on fluid ...

It’s never a great feeling to have pain anywhere in your body. But it can be especially anxiety-inducing when you have pain in your lower left abdomen. After all, lots of important organs are housed ...