St. Luke's Medical Center in Quezon City has debunked a viral document purported to be President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos ...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has recently been diagnosed with diverticulitis, which has been cited as the cause of his recent medical issues that temporarily affected some of his presidential duties ...

In an exclusive interview with the Manila Times on Monday, Dr. Paolo Demapelis, a gastroenterologist, provided an insight on ...

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is “back to normal” after recently being diagnosed with diverticulitis, Malacañang said on ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Imagine waking up already feeling drained, as if you never slept at all. Or noticing that your hands feel inexplicably stiff and swollen, making simple tasks like opening a jar or even typing feel ...

Introduction Lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) is defined as bleeding located below the ligament of Treitz, with colonic diverticular disease (CDD) being the main etiology. Characteristics of ...

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PURPOSE: To investigate the deposition of collagen in the colon wall of patients with sigmoid diverticulitis. METHODS: Samples of sigmoid tissue from 15 patients (disease group), seven men and eight ...

Diverticulosis, a condition that develops when pouches form in the wall of the colon, is increasing in frequency. It affects the majority of those reaching the age of 80—a growing portion of the ...

Recent national surveys from the United Kingdom show that most adults fall well short of the fiber intake recommended for a healthy gut. On average they eat about 18 grams a day, roughly 60 percent of ...