Gut health is important as it can impact the rest of your personal wellbeing. If you're struggling, you can make a handful of dietary changes to improve your diverticulitis and other digestive issues.

Medically reviewed by Kumkum S. Patel, MD Key Takeaways Diverticulitis and ulcerative colitis can both cause pain and blood ...

If you regularly deal with abdominal pain, it could be a sign of a gastrointestinal issue that becomes more common with age. Diverticulosis occurs when small pouches called diverticula form in the ...

Researchers warn that excessive antibiotic use in diverticulitis increases risk of antimicrobial resistance and unnecessary ...

Small pouches called diverticula can form in the colon lining and push out through weak spots in the outer wall of the colon. If a person has diverticula in their colon, they have what health experts ...

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There is still controversy regarding the appropriate management of diverticulitis of the colon in cases when both surgical and conservative treatment may be an option. We performed a systematic review ...

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 ...

Diverticulitis, a disabling colon problem that can cause pain, obstruction and fever, became more common in the U.S. from the late 1990's to the mid-2000's, a new study suggests. The findings are from ...

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 ...