I heard a loud POP at the gym then felt agonising pain – it was my bowel perforating

IN a bid to lose weight, Alex Blackwell became an “avid” gym-goer, usually only lifting light weights. During one session, he ...
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Jennifer Lynn Agnew, MD

Jennifer Agnew, MD, is a colorectal surgeon at Northwell, where she applies her highly specialized surgical skills to treat colon, rectal and anal cancers. She also manages complex conditions such as ...
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Unique Immune Profile Found in Colonic Diverticular Disease

A study finds increased counts of eosinophils in the submucosa and lymphocytes in adipose tissue at the diverticulum base in colonic diverticular disease, indicating immune cell infiltration beyond ...

I felt so ill I thought I was dying... but it was a gut condition doctors often wrongly dismiss as IBS: It's so common and there's misinformation about how to treat it, say…

What if I'm dying? NICOLA JANE SWINNEY writes: I was in the middle of what I now know was a diverticulitis flare-up - and ...