Dysregulation of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mtROS) contributes to intestinal tumorigenesis. Here the authors report that excessive mtROS induces the release of mitochondrial PGAM5 into ...

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 ...

In severe cases, it can lead to a perforation in the colon or life threatening sepsis. One study compared the hospitalization burdens of individuals with diverticulitis and either Crohn’s ...

Legend: Site = site of the pain; WBC = white blood cell count prior to surgery; EA = Epiploic appendagitis; RLQ = right lower quadrant; LLQ = left lower quadrant; NPF = no pathological finding; n ...

How you feel after your bowel (colon) cancer operation depends on what type of surgery you have. After a big operation, you might wake up in the intensive care unit (ICU) or high dependency unit (HDU) ...

But there wasn’t a blockage, as she suspected. Instead, doctors discovered her colon had twisted on itself, which can become a life-threatening condition. Her colon had to be “unkinked ...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who battled racial discrimination in a barrier-breaking career as a military nurse, serving as the first African American in the regular Army Nurse Corps and later caring ...

A. Diverticulosis references the diverticula, or small bulging pouches that develop over time in the colon. Diverticulitis is what we call it when these pouches become inflamed, which can lead to ...

She was later an Air Force officer. By Clay Risen Nancy Leftenant-Colon, a granddaughter of enslaved people who in 1948 became the first Black nurse to serve in the regular U.S. armed forces ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This late 1940’s photo provided by the US Air Force Historical Support Office shows retired U.S. Army ...