Spotting blood in your stool is frequently brushed off as a common case of piles. A surgical oncology expert explains why this assumption is dangerous and breaks down the early warning signs of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Patchanu Noree / EyeEm via Getty Images When I saw the blood in the toilet bowl, I decided it was time to go to the emergency room ...

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People under 50 who got a colonoscopy because of rectal bleeding had 8.5 times higher odds of being diagnosed with colorectal cancer, a new study suggests. Rectal bleeding doesn’t always mean cancer — ...

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Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...