You might be dealing with diverticulitis, a condition that occurs when small pouches form in the colon and become inflamed or infected. Diverticulitis is more common as you age, affecting ...

At the age of 70, 70 percent of the population will have diverticulosis. However, this doesn’t mean that all of these ...

Last week a patient came to see me looking very unwell. Having just come out of hospital after her first attack of diverticulitis, she was understandably anxious to learn how to ward off further ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007;22(9):1360-1368. Our study has several limitations. The most important limitation is that the comparative studies we included in our review were not randomized ...

To understand diverticulitis, you must first understand what’s going on inside your colon — not the most comforting thought but a necessary one. Sometimes — for reasons not exactly ...

Bowel resection can be done for many diseases that affect the colon, such as colorectal cancer, diverticulitis, or Crohn's disease. The goal of bowel resection is to take out the part of the colon or ...

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All consecutive individuals, aged 55-65, undergoing screening colonoscopy in a single center during a 6-month period were assessed for eligibility. Those with diverticulosis were followed-up for 12 ...