The baby had no anal opening at birth, and doctors had to perform emergency surgery to help him pass stools and chop off the ...

November is National Family Health History Month, and doctors say now is the time to get serious about colon cancer ...

By Priyanjana Pramanik, MSc. A new study shows that pairing soothing music with a structured recovery protocol helps ...

Recently, minimally invasive surgery has been attempted in various diseases and is becoming a new standard, and a study comparing and analyzing the results of colorectal cancer patients treated with ...

Christopher Good, MD, completed the first minimally invasive robotic Bertolotti’s resection surgery in the world.  The procedure, which was performed at Reston (Va.) Hospital Center, provides an ...

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 ...

The field of colorectal surgery is pivotal for the management of colorectal cancer and complex benign disorders, yet postoperative prognoses remain ...

A hyperplastic polyp is a growth that can develop in the colon or stomach. They do not always cause symptoms, but some people may experience rectal bleeding. Rarely, the polyps may be precancerous.

Each spring, we ask nearly 13,000 doctors in DC, Maryland, & Virginia to tell us which colleague they would recommend in a variety of specialties. To ensure the data’s accuracy, each physician was ...

Gameday is back, and Baylor is traveling to Missouri to take on the Tigers. Meteorologist Zavian Colón has the details. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights ...

Northwest Indiana thrives when all of its people are healthy, supported, and empowered — and at Methodist Hospitals, we take pride in being a driving force in uniting the region behind that vision.