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More people younger than 50 are being diagnosed with colon cancer, and UnityPoint Health, the Iowa Cancer Consortium and Gilda’s Club of the Quad Cities are responding by offering at-home colon cancer ...

Colorectal Cancer disproportionately affects the Black population in America, and at-home testing for the disease may help to bridge the gap. Technological innovation has evolved the healthcare market ...

For years, the gold standard in screening for colon cancer has been a colonoscopy. But a colonoscopy is a medical procedure that involves length prep work, along with being put under, making it ...

People are three times more likely to undergo at-home colon cancer screening if they're provided a free test, a new study says. About 30% of patients mailed a free stool test kit completed their ...

Jeff Smith was dumbfounded when he received a colon cancer screening kit in the mail. The 68-year-old Minnesota man hadn't asked for the Cologuard test, and his doctor hadn't mentioned anything about ...

“The impact of colon cancer can be devastating. But here’s the good news: early detection is our secret weapon,” said Gabe Gaviola, M.D., chief medical officer at Everly Health. “Taking a simple ...

We know that a colonoscopy is the most effective tool for the early detection and prevention of colon cancer. But anyone who has ever had a colonoscopy also knows that it's not necessarily something ...

Home testing can be a very convenient way for people to learn more about their health, particularly when the alternative is an expensive or invasive procedure. This can be especially true for colon ...