You’ve probably seen these two little dots, one on top of the other, scattered throughout your reading material. But do you really know what they’re used for? The colon is not something that shows up ...

Taking antibiotics for an extended period in early to middle adulthood might increase your risk for precancerous growths in your colon, a large study suggests. Women who took antibiotics for two weeks ...

CT-P10 and GP2013 exhibit non-inferior overall response efficacy and equivalent pharmacokinetics to The association was observed with colon cancer but not rectal cancer. Antibiotic use may be ...

I've talked about colons more than once in this column, but my focus is usually limited in scope. I zoom in on the little questions, like how many spaces to put after a colon and whether it should be ...

Another study has shown an association between antibiotic use and an increased risk for colon cancer. The latest data come from a Swedish population study. Investigators analyzed data from more than ...

We examined the associations of colon cancer with constipation and use of commercial laxatives in a case-control study among men and women ages 30-62 years. We based this analysis on 424 incident ...

Semicolons must combine similar elements and are either used to combine complete sentences or items in a long, complicated list. Use semicolons in the following situations: Combine two complete ...

Thousands in KY go unscreened for colon cancer because they lack access or don't want colonoscopies or stool-based tests, but ...

Few people want to be wide awake during their colonoscopy exams, but new research suggests too many are getting extra sedation treatment, costing as much as $1 billion yearly in potentially needless ...