“And colorectal cancer is the second-leading cancer killer of men and women combined.” Yikes! OK, we’re listening…but what are polyps, exactly? Colon polyps are growths that occur on the ...

One is called familial adenomatous polyposis where the patient has multiple polyps in the colon and they carry that trait down to their children, and when that happens, it is, you have a very high ...

silkwayrain/Getty Images New research suggests that biological age — a measure of the body’s physiological state — could predict who is at higher risk for developing colon polyps ...