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, ...

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 ...

It's easy to see your body aging on the outside – wrinkles, dark spots, gray hair, the whole shebang – but as we grow older, our insides also inevitably change. By the time most people reach the ripe ...

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 ...

Q: I am recovering from a bout of diverticulitis. What are my chances of having another round – and how can I avoid later episodes? Does the onset increase my risk of serious ailments such as cancer?

Diverticular disease, a condition characterised by the formation of small pouches (diverticula) in the colon wall, poses significant clinical challenges worldwide. Although often asymptomatic, ...

THE purpose of this paper is to advocate a more aggressive attitude toward the surgical treatment of diverticulitis of the colon, which in the past has usually been withheld until after complications ...

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 ...

A 73-year-old man presented with acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding. He was hemodynamically stable, and nasogastric-tube lavage revealed bile with no blood, suggesting a lower gastrointestinal ...

A 57-year-old man with pemphigus vulgaris is admitted to the hospital following his arrival at the emergency room with fever, dysuria, and left flank pain. His complex medical history also includes ...