There's been a troubling surge in severe diverticulitis among Americans younger than 50, researchers from UCLA and Vanderbilt University recently reported.

Analyzing data on more than 5.2 million adults hospitalized for diverticulitis from 2005 to 2020, they found that the ...

A recent study found diverticulitis has been on the rise in this country since the late 1990s. It now accounts for about 300,000 admissions each year for inpatient care. Dr. Christian Mayorga, a ...

A recent study revealed that an increasing number of Americans under 50 are currently hospitalised with a rare colon ...

At the age of 70, 70 percent of the population will have diverticulosis. However, this doesn’t mean that all of these patients will ever experience diverticulitis. So, what’s the difference, and how ...

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 ...

Colon Health: Diverticulitis may cause abdominal pain, fever, nausea, constipation and diarrhoea. Our digestive tract, which starts at the mouth and ends at the anus, is an amazing interconnection of ...

Most people don't know they have it until it's diagnosed during a routine screening colonoscopy. Yet diverticulosis, a condition in which small sacs, called diverticula, form in the colon, affects ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A: Diverticular-associated colitis is an interesting clinical scenario that is occasionally encountered by the ...

Diverticulosis is characterized by sac-like outpouching in the intestinal wall. Inflammation of diverticula results in diverticulitis. Diverticulosis is a condition where sac-like outpouching develops ...

Analysis of more than 5.2 million hospitalizations revealed a 52 percent rise in complicated cases among younger U.S. adults.