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

Nagging abdominal pain and a new bout of constipation? You might be dealing with diverticulitis, a condition that occurs when small pouches form in the colon and become inflamed or infected.

Diverticulosis is a medical condition characterized by small sacs, or diverticula, in the lining of the large intestine. There is a chance that these pouches may become inflamed or infected ...

But when the problem is caused by diverticulitis, the pain can differ from other aches you’ve had before. To understand diverticulitis, you must first understand what’s going on inside your ...

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 ...

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One surprising finding was that a specific group of calcium channel blockers, known as the non-dihydropyridine class, appeared to be connected to a higher risk of bowel conditions, including ...

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 ...

The study revealed an intriguing connection between a specific type of calcium channel blocker, known as non-dihydropyridines, and an increased risk of bowel conditions, including diverticulosis.

Diverticulosis, a precursor to diverticulitis, normally doesn’t cause any symptoms. In some cases, it may cause mild abdominal discomfort. But generally, “patients would not know that they ...