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

I OFTEN get questions about an uncomfortable bowel condition called diverticulosis. It’s common in those over 50 and is where ...

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 ...

While the researchers in the new study noted that the reasons behind the boom remain unclear, other studies have linked it to ...

Weight-loss surgery dramatically outperformed GLP-1 medications in improving longevity and reducing heart, kidney, and eye complications for people with obesity and diabetes. Over 10 years, patients ...

Diverticular disease (diverticula in the colon) is common, especially as people age. Diverticulitis develops when diverticula become inflamed or infected and cause symptoms. A recurrence after the ...

Submucosal tunneling endoscopic septum division (STESD), a minimally invasive treatment, is safe and effective for esophageal diverticulum, producing significant symptom relief with minimal ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Meckel’s diverticulum is the most prevalent congenital small bowel abnormality, which occurs when the omphalomesenteric duct fails to completely obliterate during the eighth week ...

“Do you wish I didn’t have the scar?” I asked my boyfriend in November 2019. I was expecting him to say “No,” an answer that would placate the uneasy feelings I had about the thick, pink, raised line ...

1 Department of Urology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China 2 Department of Anesthesiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of ...

A colectomy is a type of surgery that removes part or all of the colon. The colon is part of the large intestine that connects the small intestine to the rectum. The colon is removed either in whole ...

Ankle replacement surgery involves removing damaged parts of the ankle joint and replacing them with an artificial joint. It is an option when noninvasive treatments, such as physical therapy, have ...