March is National Colon Cancer Awareness month. On Tuesday, the team at Beaumont Troy drew attention to colon health with an inflatable colon and medical professionals standing by to answer questions in an effort to save lives.

While Deborah Adent (Yiatras-Yarber) was spending the day with her son, helping him move and taking breaks to enjoy pizza and wine, she suddenly experienced severe stomach pain.

If you’re a woman over the age of 40 there are four critical tests you need to stop and schedule right now.

Following the passing of longtime Detroit sports voice Jamie Samuelsen, who died in August at the age of 48 after battling colon cancer, Local 4′s Hank Winchester decided to make an appointment for a colonoscopy. Winchester, who is in a similar age group, decided to document the experience, to show those who may be avoiding it what the process entails. Watch Hank’s video blog in the video player above to follow his journey. In 2020, 12% of colorectal cancer cases will be diagnosed in people under 50 – about 18,000 cases. Rates have been increasing since the mid-1980s in adults ages 20-39 years and since the mid-1990s in adults ages 40-54 years, with younger age groups experiencing the steepest increase.