The recommended age to start screening for colorectal cancer was lowered in 2021 from 50 to 45 for people of average risk.

A periampullary duodenal diverticulum compresses the distal bile duct, leading to obstructive jaundice in a patient without ...

With the recent passing of social media influencer Tanner Martin at just 30 years old, a critical conversation is being ...

If your doctor does find a suspicious lesion, such as a polyp, they remove it immediately during the colonoscopy before it turns into cancer. Your doctor can also take tissue samples for analysis to ...

Colonic diverticulitis, according to the medical journal Cureus, is a common gastrointestinal disease. It occurs when the colon's diverticulum, a small, pouch-like structure in the wall of the ...

It's a long, thin organ at the end of your digestive tract where your body produces and stores stool. Your large intestine is responsible for ...

They can occur in the large or small intestine but are usually found in the sigmoid colon: 95% of patients have diverticular disease in the sigmoid colon but only 7% have pan-colonic disease. 1 Around ...

I’ve had three or four CT scans during flare-ups that confirmed diverticulitis. I’m scheduled to have surgery to remove the part of my colon where I keep getting the infections.

I’ve had three or four CT scans during flare-ups that confirmed diverticulitis. I’m scheduled to have surgery to remove the part of my colon where I keep getting the infections.

I’ve had three or four CT scans during flare-ups that confirmed diverticulitis. I’m scheduled to have surgery to remove the part of my colon where I keep getting the infections.