Diverticulitis can cause rectal bleeding. In fact, diverticular bleeding is the most frequent cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Share on Pinterest Grace Cary/Getty Images Diverticulitis is a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with rectal bleeding were 8.5 times likelier to have early-onset colorectal cancer, data show. Most ...

Rectal bleeding could be a powerful early warning sign of colon cancer among younger adults, a new study says. Such bleeding increased more than eightfold the odds of a colon cancer diagnosis among ...

Rates of rectal cancer deaths are rising in adults under 50.

A 30-year-old woman who is 9 weeks along in her third pregnancy presents to the hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with sudden painless rectal bleeding. She explains that she has experienced this twice ...

Deaths from rectal cancer are increasing at 2 to 3 times the rate of deaths from colon cancer among younger adults — and ...

Colorectal cancer rates have soared among younger Americans, new research has found — and there might not always be obvious symptoms. The lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC) is one in ...

A 75-year-old man presented with painful rectal bleeding. He had experienced diarrhea and abdominal cramps for 3 days and had reported exertional dyspnea and progressive fatigue for the past 2 months.

The recruitment process for this study involved patients referred for colonoscopy because of rectal bleeding as well as response to a media advertisement for a free colonoscopy. Physicians were ...