BOSTON — Patients with acute colonic diverticulitis are more likely to be seen by primary care providers than by emergency physicians, representing a shift in the way clinicians detect and treat the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The ACP has released its first-ever guidelines for diagnosing, managing and preventing recurrence of acute ...

At the age of 70, 70 percent of the population will have diverticulosis. However, this doesn’t mean that all of these patients will ever experience diverticulitis. So, what’s the difference, and how ...

I am 75 and have not been able to eat beef or dairy products since my mid-20s. A colonoscopy revealed that I have ...

An article in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology examines the distribution of colonic diverticula. 1. The research team examined patients undergoing screening colonoscopy at the University of ...

DETROIT – A Henry Ford Hospital study questions the need for aggressive screening for colonic polyps in patients with diverticulosis. The study sought to determine if asymptomatic patients with ...

Pope Francis has “reacted well” after undergoing surgery Sunday for colon diverticulitis, according to the Vatican. “The Holy Father reacted well to the surgery carried out under general anesthesia,” ...

Many people have small pouches in the lin­ing of the colon, or large intestine, that bulge outward through weak spots. Each pouch is called a diverticulum. Multiple pouches are called diverticula. The ...

Francis suffered a disorder that is relatively common and treatable, and doctors expect him to make a full recovery. By Apoorva Mandavilli On Sunday evening, Pope Francis underwent surgery for a colon ...