Nasal polyps are painless, teardrop-shaped growths that form in your nose or sinuses. They’re most common where the sinuses near your eyes and cheekbones drain into your nose. Nasal polyps are not ...

Growths in the female reproductive system are relatively common. Most present with similar symptoms including pain and irregular periods. But while they may have similar symptoms, the different types ...

Washington DC [US], March 14 (ANI): Researchers find in a study that two types of colon polyps can raise bowel cancer risk fivefold. These two polyp types may represent separate cancer pathways that ...

“Not all colon polyps are cancerous but all colon cancer starts as a polyp which is why everyone needs to know about them and be screened regularly for them,” says Fola May, MD, a gastroenterologist ...

Nasal polyps are teardrop-shaped, soft tissue growths that form in the lining of your nasal cavity and sinuses (the hollow spaces in the bones of your face). Nasal polyps are benign, which means they ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People found to have elevated insulin or blood sugar levels at the time of colonoscopy to remove polyps face an increased risk of developing recurrent polyps, including ...

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is a rare, autosomal dominant hamartomatous polyposis syndrome characterized by the presence of distinctive gastrointestinal polyps and mucocutaneous pigmentation. It is ...