The latest nutrition guidelines urge Americans to avoid highly processed food. But when it comes to carbs, many people don't ...

Look out for blood in your poo as well as bleeding from the bottom when you go to the toilet. Bright red blood may come from swollen blood vessels (piles) in your back passage, but could also be ...

The most notable gains in treatment success rates are seen in the age group participating in the bowel screening programme.

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A bowel cancer survivor from Milton Keynes praises NHS plans to increase the sensitivity of bowel cancer screening to save more lives.

The NHS emphasised: "Ivan shares how the simple test saved his life." In the interview, Ivan recounted receiving his kit on his 54th birthday. Yet initially, he dismissed it, assuming it held little ...

Testing a stool sample can help doctors find out what's going on when someone has a problem in the stomach, intestines, rectum, or other part of the gastrointestinal (GI) system. Unlike most other lab ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Thousands of cases of bowel cancer will be diagnosed earlier or even prevented in England, as part of major NHS plans to increase the sensitivity of bowel cancer screening to save more lives. NHS ...

Claire knew her son had a parasite in his stomach. Her doctors, however, thought otherwise. Yes, the little boy would get stomach pains after eating, but without diarrhoea, there probably wasn’t much ...