Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Recent findings published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology suggested colonic diverticulosis did not ...

Diverticulosis of the colon is the most common anatomic alteration of the human colon. Diet may be important in the management of diverticular disease (DD). It is known that high-fiber diet does not ...

The prevalence of colonic diverticulosis appears to be increasing throughout the world, probably because of changes in lifestyle.1 It is common in developed countries and is slightly more common in ...

A new study questions the need for aggressive screening for colonic polyps in patients with diverticulosis. The study sought to determine if asymptomatic patients with diverticular disease are at ...

The treatment of a common bowel condition, diverticulitis varies widely across the world. In particular the use of antibiotics is "alarmingly high" according to the biggest data analysis of the ...

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 ...

Americans are most likely to develop diverticula in the sigmoid colon, or the lower section of the large intestine that is closest to the rectum. As a result, the sigmoid colon also happens to be the ...

The colon, or large intestine, is where fibers and digested food are turned into stools. It has numerous sections, including the ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, ...

Q-Is diverticulitis the same as diverticulosis? No one seems to talk about this distressing problem. Will you? A-The two terms can confuse. Diverticulosis is a fairly minor problem many people have ...