Black foods, such as licorice, can also make stools black. To find out what's causing black stool, your healthcare provider can perform a fecal occult blood test. If you have black or tarry stools, it ...

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has launched an initiative to mail stool-based screening kits for colorectal cancer directly to patient's homes.

Healthcare providers may test for other conditions if you have symptoms such as: Blood and stool tests help detect signs of bowel diseases like Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, celiac disease ...

Doctors may use blood, stool, and imaging tests to help diagnose IBD. However, endoscopy with biopsy is often essential to confirming a diagnosis and distinguishing between the two types.

The evidence is clear - screening for colorectal cancer may save one's life. Today, more and more people are choosing colorectal cancer screening. As a result, there is a steady decline in the number ...

An occasional clay-colored stool isn’t usually a concern. However, if pale stools persist, it can point to a problem with bile ducts or another underlying medical condition. It’s essential to see a ...

This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2025 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. This abstract does not include a full text component.

"Until now, we have only had stool-based tests and colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy (stool-based). A blood test has the potential for improving colorectal cancer screening rates." Pamela Kunz, MD, from ...

From digestive conditions to more serious health concerns, discover why medical experts emphasize the importance of not ignoring blood in your stool.

concentrations in fecal immunochemical tests (FIT), especially negative ones, according to a large international dose-response meta-analysis. Although the association with neoplasia decreased as f ...