People around the country are having to wait months or even years to have crucial surveillance colonoscopies due to staff ...

Patients and their health care providers are saying it’s time Montana joined many other states in limiting how and when insurers can deny drugs or treatments through their preapproval process.

Wigan hospitals’ Three Wishes Charity and Orrell Ward have received incredible donations in memory of a young man from Wigan.

Episode 6 of BBC's Lost and Found in the Lakes is a particularly emotional one that brings presenter Helen Skelton to tears. Couple Audrey and Ian lost their much-loved Paddington Bear somewhere in ...

This World Cancer Day (February 4), the Public Health Agency (PHA) is encouraging people to take notice of their bodies and ...

Ms Rhodes, who was born in Chatham, had a 13cm (5.1 inch) growth in her bile duct and was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma.

Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic condition of unknown origin characterized by severe inflammation and mucosal destruction in the intestine. There are two main forms: Crohn s disease ...

If you have an intestinal stricture and you eat something that’s difficult to digest, the food you’ve eaten may lead to a bowel obstruction. Foods that can cause a bowel obstruction include ...

Dr Helen Evans-Howells, a Bournemouth GP and expert in allergy patients, said the evidence "clearly" showed the treatment was an "effective solution". The tablet, known as Acarizax, is the first of ...

A blood test could soon predict who is most at risk of getting bowel cancer, potentially boosting survival chances. Scientists have developed a new method which is more than 90 per cent accurate ...

How you feel after your bowel (colon) cancer operation depends on what type of surgery you have. After a big operation, you might wake up in the intensive care unit (ICU) or high dependency unit (HDU) ...

IBS and bladder problems may be linked according to research. Bladder issues, like frequent urination, are commonly diagnosed in addition to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The overlap between bladder ...