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

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

Sometimes — for reasons not exactly understood — small pouches or saclike protrusions, called diverticula, develop in the colon, most often in the lower part. This is called diverticulosis.

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 ...