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Topic: Colon cancer

Toilet and toilet paper holder in field of dandelions (Getty Images/Hiroshi Higuchi)

What we can learn from the "poop shelf"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Male patient in gown waiting on exam table (Getty Images/Thomas Barwick)

Colon cancer on the rise in young people

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Wombat (Getty Images)

The mystery of the wombat's cubes

Matthew Rozsa
A photo of the author (Norm Walters)

Saved by Obamacare

Elizabeth Hand
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