The doctors described the first warning sign — a change in bowel habits. Examples listed on-screen included poos that were harder or more narrow, and pressure or urgency to poo.

Furthermore, those diagnosed with marijuana addiction before they were stricken with colon cancer were 24.4 times more likely to die within five years of diagnosis compared to their peers, Cuomo ...

From interviewing colon cancer patients, Demb learned many young people were afraid to broach the topic of poop and rectal bleeding with their doctor, even though that conversation could be ...

Brooks Bell and Sarah Beran were diagnosed with colon cancer in their 30s. Their doctors initially thought they hemorrhoids or a parasite.

Joshua Demb, a researcher who studies early-onset colon cancer and is an assistant professor at the University of California, San Diego, led a 2024 study on the most common symptoms of colon ...

An at-home stool test for colon cancer detected no abnormalities. What are known as fecal immunochemical tests, or FIT, are about 80% accurate, according to the University of Colorado Cancer Center .

Rates of colon cancer in people under 50 have grown in recent decades. ... Bell's doctor said the blood in her poop was likely caused by hemorrhoids. Bell had surgery to remove 10 inches of her colon.