Diverticulitis occurs when small pouches or sacs diverticula in the colon walls become inflamed or infected Heres how you can ...

Diverticula are small sacs that bulge out through weak points in a person’s colon. Their formation is known as diverticulosis. When these sacs become inflamed, it is known as diverticulitis.

A new study, published in the journal Gut now suggests that tissue remodeling is a primary mechanism for diverticula ...

A bladder stone the size of a baseball—and with growth rings inside it just like a tree trunk—was spotted inside a 72-year-old woman. The woman, who has been paralyzed from the chest down for 30 years ...

You can learn more about Crohn’s disease in general at Healthline. Diverticulitis occurs when pouches called diverticula form in the GI tract and become inflamed and infected. Similarly to Crohn ...