colorectal cancer

A federal health task force recommended lowering the age for colon cancer screening from 50 to 45 Tuesday, a move that could save lives.

The pandemic has led to some tough conversations and hard truths about the impact race has on our health. Colon Cancer is another illness disproportionately impacting communities of color. News4’s Cory Smith has more.

Black Americans are more likely to get colon cancer than most other groups, and even more likely to die from it.  The American Cancer Society says Black Americans are 20% more likely to get the disease and 40% more likely to die from it than most other groups.  In another disturbing trend, rates of the onset of the disease in…

The colorectal cancer death rates for Black men and women are significantly higher than anyone else. Today Show anchor Craig Melvin says that is largely due to less screening.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Saturday she’s “alive” and on her way to being “very well” following radiation treatment for cancer. Ginsburg, 86, made the comments at the Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington. The event came a little over a week after Ginsburg disclosed that she had completed three weeks of outpatient radiation therapy for...

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has completed radiation therapy for a cancerous tumor on her pancreas and there is no evidence of the disease remaining, according to the Supreme Court. It is the fourth time that the 86-year-old justice has announced that she has been treated for cancer over the last two decades and follows lung cancer surgery in December that...

Luis Alvarez is fighting to help his fellow 9/11 first responders until his last breath. The retired NYPD detective gave what may be the final interview of his life when he spoke with Fox News from his hospital bed in hospice care on Thursday, reiterating his plea to Congress to ensure that 9/11 first responders keep getting health care. “It’s...

A higher Vitamin D level might decrease the risk of developing colon cancer, a finding that is particularly true for women, according to new American Cancer Society research. Colon cancer, the third-most common form of the disease in men and women, was more prevalent among people with lower levels of Vitamin D than recommended. The study focused on 12,000 people...