Mesalazine (alone or in association with antibiotics) and probiotics are the two latest therapies for the treatment of diverticulitis which have been developed in the last few years. In fact ...

Members of Generation X and millennials are at a growing risk of cancer, and the science is far from settled on the cause. In ...

Francis spent much of the past decade in relatively good health but has dealt with several painful medical conditions over ...

Without treatment, it can cause severe infections ... procedures (such as abdominal surgery), injuries, infections, and diverticulitis (inflammation or infection of abnormal pouches in the ...

Pope Francis undergoes surgery to relieve stricture of the colon caused by diverticulitis ... antibiotics intravenously as he recovers. A bandage holding in place a cannula for intravenous ...

IC can be differentiated from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), diverticulitis ... the patient’s symptoms gradually improved with conservative treatment, which included antibiotics, fluid ...

In a new study published in the journal The Lancet, researchers have explored the possibility of treating acute, ...

The research aimed to compare the effectiveness of antibiotic treatment to traditional appendectomy. The study found that antibiotic treatment is not as effective as surgery due to a higher risk ...

A groundbreaking UK study in The Lancet has examined whether an additional blood test called procalcitonin (PCT) could safely shorten the time children spend on intravenous (IV) antibiotics in ...

Despite promising previous analysis, the study, found that using the PCT biomarker to guide treatment decisions did not reduce antibiotic duration when compared to usual care. A groundbreaking UK ...