Despite lower admission rates, the incidence of diverticulitis has increased over 8 years in the United States, along with an increased use of CT scans and a shift to penicillin-based antibiotics ...

Last week a patient came to see me looking very unwell. Having just come out of hospital after her first attack of diverticulitis, she was understandably anxious to learn how to ward off further ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007;22(9):1360-1368. Our study has several limitations. The most important limitation is that the comparative studies we included in our review were not randomized ...

A cause of death has been revealed for singer Paul Di’Anno, the original vocalist for heavy metal band Iron Maiden. In a Facebook post shared on Di’Anno’s official page, a statement from his ...

2 NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Guy's and Saint Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College, London, UK The prevalence of IBD is rising in the Western world. Despite an increasing repertoire ...

Enemas are used to relieve constipation when laxatives or dietary measures aren't working. A cleansing enema also is used to clear out the colon before a colonoscopy or other test. In traditional ...