Diverticulitis can cause rectal bleeding. In fact, diverticular bleeding is the most frequent cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Share on Pinterest Grace Cary/Getty Images Diverticulitis is a ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 84-year-old woman in relatively good health, with a concern about diverticulitis. I had my first attack 10 years ago. The second attack was two months ago, and I had a CT scan ...

Laparoscopic sigmoid resection significantly improved quality of life (QOL) in patients with recurrent, complicated, or persistent painful diverticulitis, though was associated with a small but ...

Long-term severe complications were similar with laparoscopic lavage and primary resection in perforated purulent diverticulitis patients, researchers reported, although recurrence was more frequent ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Diverticulosis, a common condition that causes small pouches in the walls of the intestines, might not be as dangerous as doctors have thought. The pouches are usually ...

The common but often misunderstood gut condition you’ve probably never heard of - About 70 per cent of people will have ...

Digestive health is not something most people think about until there is a problem. One common condition that affects the ...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has recently been diagnosed with diverticulitis, which has been cited as the cause of his recent medical issues that temporarily affected some of his presidential duties ...

About one or two percent of patients under 30 experience diverticulosis while people age 60 and older have some degree of the condition. Diverticulosis refers to small outpouching in the colon called ...

The intestinal disease Fidel Castro is reportedly suffering from is usually easy to treat — but if complications develop in an elderly patient like the Cuban leader, it can quickly become a death ...