Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People are three times more likely to undergo at-home colon cancer screening if they're provided a free test, a new study says.

BOSTON -- A new screening test can find colon cancer in its early, curable stage by detecting extremely small traces of cancer genes in patients' stool. The experimental test, still several years away ...

If you’re over 50 years old, there’s a good chance you’ve had a colonoscopy. But you’re just as likely not to have had one, even though physicians have begun to recommend people have one after they ...

For adults with average cancer risk, a blood test could provide an option for colon cancer screening instead of a colonoscopy. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a blood test, Shield, that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jeff Smith was dumbfounded when he received a colon cancer screening kit in the mail. The 68-year-old Minnesota man hadn't asked ...

(BPT) - Recently, Minnesotans have been receiving unsolicited, unrequested at-home colon cancer screening kits from health insurers, without a doctor's input. If you received one in the mail, you ...

(NEXSTAR) — An unexpected delivery at your door may not always be an unwelcome surprise — just ask one Kentucky boy about the thousands of dollars worth of lollipops that arrived at his home earlier ...

People are three times more likely to undergo at-home colon cancer screening if they're provided a free test, a new study says. About 30% of patients mailed a free stool test kit completed their ...

Jeff Smith was dumbfounded when he received a colon cancer screening kit in the mail. The 68-year-old Minnesota man hadn't asked for the Cologuard test, and his doctor hadn't mentioned anything about ...