Dear Healthy Men: When Chadwick Boseman died of colon cancer a few months ago, I was surprised that he was so young — I always thought it was an old person’s disease. What are the risk factors for ...

ANOKA, Minn. — Few words can make people as nervous as 'colonoscopy'. "It's the fear of the unknown because you don't know what you are going to find until we do the procedure," says ...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — If there's one thing we know from the Real Men Wear Gowns campaign, it's that men aren't the most diligent when it comes to getting a checkup. That lack of diligence increases ...

More men are getting colonoscopies to screen for cancer since the Affordable Care Act reduced how much Medicare beneficiaries pay out of pocket for the preventive tests, a recent study found. The ...

“Men, we go to the barbershop together, the bar together, sports games together… but when it comes to something that can save our life, everybody in the room is quiet,” DeMarco Morgan tells PEOPLE ...

Colon cancer in men occurs as a result of normal cells transforming to abnormal ones. In a perfect world the right side of the colon absorbs water, sodium and soluble wastes and the left side of the ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A physician from MUSC in downtown Charleston says November, known as Men’s Health Awareness Month, is a good opportunity to talk about the need for colon cancer screening. Dr ...

For years, colon cancer has been on the rise in younger people for unclear reasons. While cancer deaths in the U.S. are falling overall, a new report from the American Cancer Society highlights how ...