A sigmoid septum occurs when part of the heart muscle expands and blocks a pathway blood uses to leave the heart’s left side. It often does not cause symptoms and has links to aging.

As scientists question the rise in early colon cancer cases, a new study is offering some potential answers. Colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell (center ...

Colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy are both procedures that can help your doctor understand what’s happening inside your colon. A colonoscopy offers a full view of the large intestine and is the best ...

Surgery to remove part or all of the colon is called a resection or colectomy. How much of the colon is removed depends on the size of the cancer and where the cancer is. After the surgeon has removed ...

New Jersey mom of six Elaine Griffin recalls the four main symptoms that led to her being diagnosed with Stage 2b colon cancer last year. Colorectal cancer is on the rise among people under 50 ...

Some people have a sigmoid colon that’s a bit longer than usual, which is a normal variation in human anatomy, she adds. “I was always told I had a long colon,” Grenham recalls.

SOLARIS, a phase 3 clinical trial led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, tested the addition of high-dose vitamin D3 to standard treatment for untreated metastatic colorectal cancer (1 Trusted ...

WebMD explains laparoscopic proctosigmoidectomy, a surgery that removes a diseased section of the rectum and sigmoid colon if there is colorectal cancer.

Similar measurements were made of the various layers of the sigmoid colon in 20 additional specimens that had been resected for chronic ulcerative colitis but in which there were no strictures ...

Then there’s our morning coffee. This is a very of contractions in the sigmoid colon (the last part of the colon before the rectum) and of the rectum itself. This leads to a bowel motion.