A newer type of test that looks for hidden blood in the stool is an effective way to screen for colon cancer, a research review suggests. The tests, called fecal immunochemical tests (FITs), are done ...

Everyone's mailing in stool samples for a gut report, but can an at-home microbiome test actually tell you anything?

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New research has found that different gut health testing companies can provide wildly different results from the same fecal sample. Reading time 4 minutes The bacteria that live inside our digestive ...

Tens of millions of middle-aged and older Americans haven’t gotten their recommended checks for early signs of potential colon cancer, either through the “gold standard” of colonoscopy or a ...

Health insurance companies send all kinds of things in the mail: brochures about benefits, branded items such as coasters and duffel bags, and reminders to get certain health tests done. Some have ...

I’ve dealt with chronic indigestion, painful burps, reflux, and bloating for the past 15 years. In 2010, I underwent a range of diagnostic tests—a colonoscopy, an endoscopy, a gastric emptying test, ...