Text Callout : Key Takeaways: Diverticulitis: What to Know and How to Prevent It Normally, the lining of your colon is smooth. Diverticulosis occurs when small pockets, called diverticula ...

Sometimes — for reasons not exactly understood — small pouches or saclike protrusions, called diverticula, develop in the colon, most often in the lower part. This is called diverticulosis.

(long live the Pope). The Vatican said the Pope had responded well to the treatment for "symptomatic diverticular stenosis" of the colon. "I am glad to be able to keep the Sunday Angelus ...