Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the world. Colon cancer diagnoses under the age of 50 are on the rise for a number of reasons, including eating a diet high in processed foods.

Women under 50 who eat many ultra-processed foods face up to a 45% higher risk of precancerous colon growths. The Mass General Brigham study linked heavy consumption of these foods to early-onset ...

As individuals, we can’t do much about microplastics. A lot of it ends up in the oceans, the fish are ingesting it and we’re eating the fish. It’s in food packaging, it’s in the food chain. It’s ...

Q: My father died of colon cancer back in 1999. His brother and sister both died of colon cancer too, so this is a big concern in our family. After my father died, I read up on things that might ...

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