The large intestine absorbs water and nutrients from food waste. Constipation, diarrhea, and hemorrhoids commonly affect the ...

The term colorectal cancer combines colon and rectal cancer, two parts of the intestine. The first part of the large intestine is called the colon, and the last part refers to the rectum. These two ...

Colorectal cancer, the third-most common cancer in the U.S., has been rising among younger people for the past two decades. It is not one type of cancer but two cancers: colon cancer, which starts in ...

Ketogenic diets have been shown to increase tumor formation in the small intestine of mice, while protecting against colon ...

Researchers found that mice on a ketogenic diet were more likely to develop tumors of the small intestine than those on a control diet. Additional studies revealed that ketone bodies did not play a ...

Appendix cancer, also called appendiceal cancer, is when abnormal cells grow and form a tumor in the appendix. Your appendix is a little pouch-like organ attached to the lower right side of your large ...

Ketogenic diets, originally developed in the 1920s to treat epilepsy, have been adapted in the past few decades as a strategy to lose weight or increase lifespan. This type of diet (a high percentage ...