Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A: Diverticular-associated colitis is an interesting clinical scenario that is occasionally encountered by the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mean quality of life score was nearly 10 points higher in surgery vs. conservative group at 1 year. Within 2 ...

What is diverticulitis, and how is it treated? A: Diverticula are pockets that develop in the colon wall, usually in the sigmoid or left colon, but can involve the entire colon. Diverticulosis ...

Elective sigmoid resection for patients with recurrent, complicated, or persistent painful diverticulitis yielded a better quality of life and prevented recurrences compared with nonsurgical ...

DIVERTICULOSIS and diverticulitis are relatively common in persons past the age of forty-five. Ochsner and Bargen 1 discovered that in all the patients registered at the Mayo Clinic in 1933, x-ray ...

The colon, or large intestine, is where fibers and digested food are turned into stools. It has numerous sections, including the ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, ...

A recent study found diverticulitis has been on the rise in this country since the late 1990s. It now accounts for about 300,000 admissions each year for inpatient care. Dr. Christian Mayorga, a ...

Many people have small pouches in the lin­ing of the colon, or large intestine, that bulge outward through weak spots. Each pouch is called a diverticulum. Multiple pouches are called diverticula. The ...

About one or two percent of patients under 30 experience diverticulosis while people age 60 and older have some degree of the condition. Diverticulosis refers to small outpouching in the colon called ...

The pope is in hospital after he "reacted well" to planned intestinal surgery on Sunday, according to a Holy See spokesman. Matteo Bruni told the Associated Press Pope Francis, 84, had surgery for ...