From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! New cases of colon cancer among older adults have declined over the years, mainly due ...

Earlier this year, Juanita Thomas, 63, went to her local Department of Motor Vehicles to register a car. For Thomas — a retired housekeeper, mom, grandmother and great-grandmother in Omaha, Nebraska — ...

(Reuters Health) - Americans with colon and rectal cancers may get better care when states expand access to health insurance, a new study suggests. In Massachusetts, after the state expanded access to ...

The Colon Cancer Alliance, a national patient advocacy organization, has expressed its concern over proposed Medicare cuts for medical imaging services and their potential impact on colon cancer ...

LOS ANGELES – The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has led to increased guideline-concordant care for colon cancer among non-white patients, patients from rural areas, and patients from the most deprived ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Pamela Stephens is here today because of a colon cancer screening. “I was really scared to get that procedure done and so I did wait, probably a year or two and then after that, ...

There’s an effort by M Health Fairview and the University of Minnesota to increase access to colorectal cancer screening. It is recommended that people start having colonoscopies at 45 years old. “We ...

New cases of colon cancer among older adults have declined over the years, mainly due to better screening techniques. When cancer is detected early, it can often be treated and cured. But the problem, ...