Dysregulation of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mtROS) contributes to intestinal tumorigenesis. Here the authors report that excessive mtROS induces the release of mitochondrial PGAM5 into ...

The transversus abdominis (TA) muscle is the deepest of the abdominal muscles. It extends between the ribs and the pelvis, wrapping around the trunk from front to back. The fibers of this muscle run ...

A man in his 60s (64.0 kg; 161.5 cm) with a chief complaint of abdominal distension and vomiting was diagnosed with intestinal obstruction due to a transverse colon tumour by abdominal CT.

Adenomatous polyps typically do not cause symptoms unless they progress to colon cancer. Even then, there may be no sign of a problem until the malignancy is advanced. This is why colon cancer ...

If a biopsy suggests the presence of colon cancer, the doctor may order a chest X-ray, an ultrasound, or a CT scan of the lungs, liver, and abdomen to assess the spread of cancer. Following ...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who battled racial discrimination in a barrier-breaking career as a military nurse, serving as the first African American in the regular Army Nurse Corps and later caring ...

Colon cancer cases are soaring in young people, alarming experts and leaving doctors scrambling for answers as to why. Now, a study published by a team of international researchers in the journal ...

She was later an Air Force officer. By Clay Risen Nancy Leftenant-Colon, a granddaughter of enslaved people who in 1948 became the first Black nurse to serve in the regular U.S. armed forces ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This late 1940’s photo provided by the US Air Force Historical Support Office shows retired U.S. Army ...

In the intermuscular space between the tensor fasciae latae muscle and the sartorius, which presented a hypoechoic structure, the transverse ... observed between the ultrasound findings and ...

Getting regular checkups and colon cancer screening is the best way to prevent colorectal cancer. The US Preventive Services Task Force and the American Cancer Society both recommend that people ...

Family history.Certain genetic conditions can run in families that can increase the risk of developing polyps and colon cancer. So if you have a parent, brother, sister, or child who has had ...