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This article is part of Health's series, Misdiagnosed, featuring stories from real women who have had their medical symptoms dismissed or wrongly diagnosed. I'm no stranger to health issues. At 19, I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease similar to Crohn's disease that causes diarrhea and abdominal pain. People with …

This article is part of Health's series, Misdiagnosed, featuring stories from real women who have had their medical symptoms dismissed or wrongly diagnosed. I'm no stranger to health issues. At 19, I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease similar to Crohn's disease that causes diarrhea and abdominal pain. People with …

Colon and rectal cancers—known collectively as colorectal cancer—are on the rise in the US among people under 50 years old, according to the American Cancer Society. In 2020, it was estimated that 12% of all colorectal cancer diagnoses would be in those under 50, amounting to about 18,000 cases. Conversely, …

Colon and rectal cancers—known collectively as colorectal cancer—are on the rise in the US among people under 50 years old, according to the American Cancer Society. In 2020, it was estimated that 12% of all colorectal cancer diagnoses would be in those under 50, amounting to about 18,000 cases. Conversely, …

Seventy-two percent of people say they’d avoid or delay getting a colonoscopy, according to a recent survey from the Merck Manuals. And while no one would argue that it’s fun having a long, flexible tube inserted in your rectum to check for colon cancer or conditions like Crohn’s disease or …

Actor Chadwick Boseman, best known as Black Panther in the Marvel Studios blockbuster of the same name, never made his 2016 stage 3 colon cancer diagnosis public. He continued to film movies, including Marshall and 21 Bridges, while having chemotherapy and undergoing surgeries.  This made it even more devastating when …

Actor Chadwick Boseman, best known as Black Panther in the Marvel Studios blockbuster of the same name, never made his 2016 stage 3 colon cancer diagnosis public. He continued to film movies, including Marshall and 21 Bridges, while having chemotherapy and undergoing surgeries.  This made it even more devastating when …

A new case report published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, features a middle-aged man with colon cancer who, despite visiting a dermatology clinic for a possible case of shingles, found out his cancer had actually spread to the surface of his skin. The patient, a 59-year-old man …

A new case report published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, features a middle-aged man with colon cancer who, despite visiting a dermatology clinic for a possible case of shingles, found out his cancer had actually spread to the surface of his skin. The patient, a 59-year-old man …

A 35-year-old man in India died after his rectal cancer metastasized to his skin, according to a new case report from the BMJ. The patient had a type of rectal cancer called mucinous adenocarcinoma, which is when a tumor is comprised in part by mucin, a compound found in mucus. …