Women’s Health

Mental Health and Colon Cancer
Women’s Health

Mental Health and Colon Cancer

Slide 1 Mental Health Ups and Downs With Colon Cancer Living with colon cancer may be hard on your mental...

How to Prepare for a Colonoscopy
Women’s Health

How to Prepare for a Colonoscopy

Slide 1 The Good, the Bad, and the Bathroom Dash: What to Do Before and After Your Colonoscopy The colonoscopy...

Guide to Colon Cancer Screening Tests
Women’s Health

Guide to Colon Cancer Screening Tests

Medically reviewed by Ayanna Lewis, M.D.Getting screened is the best way to lower your risk of colon cancer, a disease...

Treatment Options for Colon Cancer
Women’s Health

Treatment Options for Colon Cancer

Español Medically reviewed by Chloe Atreya, M.D. + Infographic text Colon cancer, also called colorectal cancer, is one of the...

I Was “Too Young” to Have Colon Cancer
Women’s Health

I Was “Too Young” to Have Colon Cancer

As told to Shannon Shelton Miller I was thrilled to be pregnant with my first child at 29. Everything went...

Hemorrhoids Self-Care – HealthyWomen
Women’s Health

Hemorrhoids Self-Care – HealthyWomen

Do you take your smartphone into the bathroom with you?Those few minutes alone may seem like the perfect time to...

How Fiber Can Reduce Your Risk for Colorectal Cancer
Women’s Health

How Fiber Can Reduce Your Risk for Colorectal Cancer

Fiber is an important ingredient in any healthy diet. And it’s especially important for lowering your risk for colorectal cancer....

Provider Bias and Colon Cancer Screening and Treatment
Women’s Health

Provider Bias and Colon Cancer Screening and Treatment

For almost eight months, Jenna Scott had the ideal pregnancy. Then the bleeding, dizziness and abdominal pain started.Scott, 29, feared...

The Connection Between Young Adults and Colon Cancer
Women’s Health

The Connection Between Young Adults and Colon Cancer

Jill MacDonald, now an ambassador for Fight Colorectal Cancer, was 37 years old when she was diagnosed with stage 4...

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