Question: I have been having stomach problems on and off for the past year, including soft stools, blood and severe cramping.

A bladder stone the size of a baseball—and with growth rings inside it just like a tree trunk—was spotted inside a 72-year-old woman. The woman, who has been paralyzed from the chest down for 30 years ...

You may be worried about the seeds found in berries. The common teaching has been to avoid these for fear of plugging the openings of diverticula. However, the consensus is that seeds, nuts and corn ...

The common teaching has been to avoid these for fear of plugging the openings of diverticula. However, the consensus is that seeds, nuts and corn do not precipitate attacks of diverticulitis.

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a symptom of a disease, condition, or injury affecting any part of the gastrointestinal tract. The GI tract includes the esophagus, ...

A total of 23 operations performed on 21 were included. Diverticula were categorized as saccular in 82.6% (19/23) of cases and as PSD in 17.4% (4/23) of cases. The median dimensions of the diverticula ...

You may be worried about the seeds found in berries. The common teaching has been to avoid these for fear of plugging the openings of diverticula. However, the consensus is that seeds, nuts and corn ...

These persistent, sometimes burning, cramps typically occur between meals and at night. Diverticulitis is inflammation or infection of the diverticula (small pouches in the large intestine). It can ...

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 ...

A urachal cyst is a sac of tissue and fluid between the bladder and the belly button (umbilicus). The cyst forms in the remnants of the urachus, a structure normally present in a fetus that usually ...