Additionally, the intensity of the pain may vary over time. Healthcare professionals do not know exactly what causes diverticula to protrude outward from the colon. However, research from 2017 ...

Diverticular disease is a condition that causes pouches (diverticula) in the lining of the colon. These are common as people reach age 50 and usually don’t cause symptoms. However, the pouches can ...

Diverticula are the most commonly found in the bottom portion of the large intestine or colon. Diverticulitis is a condition that arises when diverticula develops in the lining of your digestive ...

A peptic ulcer on a blood vessel may cause bleeding and bloody stools. Diverticula are small pockets that can form inside the colon. They can bleed due to rupture of a vessel on the edge of the ...

It’s not easy to differentiate between serious and less serious conditions, due to overlapping symptoms. Here’s how to ...

Standing in a muddy field at Glastonbury, Tom Dawson realised something wasn’t right. Although bowel disease wasn’t top of ...

Intraluminal duodenal diverticula are rare congenital lesions that mostly occur adjacent to the papilla of Vater and occasionally also exhibit biliopancreatic lesions. The windsock sign is ...

A McIntosh County man filed a wrongful death suit against two Cherokee Nation surgeons after his wife died following a colonoscopy procedure. Jerry McBurnett, the surviving spouse of Linda McBurnett, ...