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 ...

Over 6 million women in the U.S. suffer from endometriosis, a chronic condition often misdiagnosed, leading to an average of 5 to 7 years before an accurate diagnosis. But a new test could help women ...

A test that rapidly detects signs of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in stool samples could improve future diagnosis and ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Using just a stool sample, doctors may now be able to detect colon and many other cancers of the digestive tract including stomach, pancreatic, bile duct and esophageal cancer, U.S ...

Using just a stool sample, doctors may be able to detect colon and many other cancers of the digestive tract including stomach, pancreatic, bile duct and esophageal cancer, U.S. researchers said on ...

June 27, 2003 -- A monoclonal antibody stool test is highly predictive of the presence or absence of Helicobacter pylori infection in children, according to the results of a study published in the ...

A colonoscopy is recommended every decade for people over 45. The screening is used to detect colon cancer. But roughly 40% of eligible Americans don't get a colonoscopy, often because they don't want ...