Rectal bleeding is a telltale sign that young adults under 50 may have colorectal cancer, according to a new study. Researchers reported that rectal bleeding in younger adults increases the odds of a ...

My cousin, who's in her 30s, was recently diagnosed with colorectal cancer. I've always thought of colorectal cancer as ...

Anal bleeding is the most common sign of colon cancer in young people, yet also one of the most taboo to talk about.Chinnapong/iStock When Sarah Beran started noticing blood in her poop, she didn't ...

Rectal bleeding could be a powerful early warning sign of colon cancer among younger adults, a new study says. Such bleeding increased more than eightfold the odds of a colon cancer diagnosis among ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with rectal bleeding were 8.5 times likelier to have early-onset colorectal cancer, data show. Most ...

Adults under 50 undergoing colonoscopy were found to have a dramatically higher risk of having colorectal cancer when the procedure was done for rectal bleeding. Researchers found that rectal bleeding ...

When most people think about colon cancer warning signs, they immediately focus on obvious digestive issues. Blood in stool, dramatic weight loss, or severe abdominal pain typically come to mind.

Ignore this red flag, and it could come back to bite you in the rear. A new study has identified the “strongest predictor of colorectal cancer” in adults under 50 — increasing the odds of a diagnosis ...

A new study, published in GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the scientific journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, reports that the diagnostic yield of colonoscopy to ...

March is Colon Cancer Awareness month. According to a study published in January 2026 by the Journal of American Medical Association, colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer-related death ...

Adults under 50 undergoing colonoscopy were found to have a dramatically higher risk of having colorectal cancer when the procedure was done for rectal bleeding. Researchers found that rectal bleeding ...