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

The NHS doesn’t offer bowel screening until we’re 50. Yet with cancer rates rising, it may be worth forking out for a private ...

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

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, ...

All consecutive individuals, aged 55-65, undergoing screening colonoscopy in a single center during a 6-month period were assessed for eligibility. Those with diverticulosis were followed-up for 12 ...

“Today, we’re going to do a liver and colon cleanse to get our bowel movements going, and lose some weight, and feel better, and have more energy,” he proclaimed. “Today, we’re going to ...

while the insoluble fiber helps to absorb toxins and move waste material more quickly through the colon. This makes it an excellent choice for those with diverticulosis. While we have had a ...

You might be dealing with diverticulitis, a condition that occurs when small pouches form in the colon and become inflamed or infected. Diverticulitis is more common as you age, affecting ...

Davey stated that the doctors diagnosed him with appendicitis, and he needed to get emergency surgery, where part of his colon was removed. “So to see if you have diverticulitis, they have to do ...

As researchers learn more about changes in cells that cause colon or rectal cancer, they have developed new types of drugs to specifically target these changes. Targeted drugs work differently from ...

(long live the Pope). The Vatican said the Pope had responded well to the treatment for "symptomatic diverticular stenosis" of the colon. "I am glad to be able to keep the Sunday Angelus ...

It can mimick diverticulitis or appendicitis on clinical exam. The diagnosis of EA is very infrequent, due in part to low or absent awareness among general surgeons. The objective of this work was ...