Researchers are one step closer to providing a new therapy for colon cancer, after findings revealed that a small molecule focal adhesion kinase (FAK) inhibitor known as Y15 effectively blocked cell viability, promoted detachment and apoptosis, and decreased tumour growth in mice. These findings were presented at the American Association for Cancer Research special conference on ...

Mild constipation in children is fairly common, but gastroenterologists at Johns Hopkins Children's Center have been seeing what they believe is the start of a troubling trend: more children with more serious and chronic bouts of the condition. Experts attribute the problem to lack of physical activity, inadequate water intake and fibre-poor diets.

University of Sydney researchers have extended the range of information available on the benefits and harms of bowel cancer screening in order to give Australians an opportunity to make an informed choice about bowel cancer screening, using the faecal occult blood test.

Two new vitamin D studies from the University of Rochester Medical Center suggest intriguing ties between a deficiency of D and breast and colon cancer, particularly among African Americans.

According to a new study published in Annals of Internal Medicine, the flagship journal of the American College of Physicians, lack of sleep may hinder a dieter's ability to shed excess body fat.

A group of Mayo Clinic researchers conducted the first controlled trial of swallowed fluticasone nasal spray (also known as Flonase) on people with the allergic oesophageal condition called eosinophilic oesophagitis. Research showed that the aerosolised swallowed allergy drug helped treat the cause of the throat condition, but symptoms lingered. The researchers' findings were presented at the ...

Computed tomography colonography (CTC) – otherwise known as virtual colonoscopy – is feasible in remote health centres where optimal colonoscopy is limited, according to a study in the November issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Scientists may have discovered a way to diagnose bladder cancer at its earliest and, therefore, most treatable stages by measuring the presence or absence of microRNA using already available laboratory tests.

It's always unpleasant when your food comes back to haunt you, but when it happens every day it can be downright horrendous. Up to 85% of pregnant women will experience the unpleasantness of regular nausea. It's known as morning sickness.

Genetic fingerprinting may predict who will benefit from early hepatitis C treatment and who will clear the virus spontaneously, new research shows.