A new study found that a few lifestyle factors can lower your risk of diverticulitis, which happens when pouches form in the colon and become inflamed. These habits could reduce your chances of the ...

Diverticulitis is the microperforation of those pockets — or acute inflammation or infection of the diverticula, says Dr. Sherif Andrawes, director of gastroenterology at Staten Island ...

Mrs. Simpson had her hand over the left lower quadrant of her abdomen as she sat in my exam room describing her problem. “The ...

Diverticulitis (inflammation or infection of abnormal pouches in the intestine) Appendicitis (inflammation of the appendix, a pouch on the colon) Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn ...

Some 2183 new cases of diverticulitis were reported during an average monitoring period of nearly 12 years in this group. Those with a healthy lifestyle score of 3–5 had a substantially lower ...

Dear L.R.: Diverticulitis is an infection in the small outpouches of the colon, called diverticula. Most people with diverticula (”diverticulosis”) never get diverticulitis.

Some 2183 new cases of diverticulitis were reported during an average monitoring period of nearly 12 years in this group. Those with a healthy lifestyle score of 3–5 had a substantially lower ...

Eating nuts, seeds, and corn doesn’t raise diverticulitis risk in women, and following a healthy diet cuts the risk, according to a prospective study.

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