If there’s one person who helped shake the stigma of bowel cancer in the young, it was the late Dame Deborah James. The ...

IC can be differentiated from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), diverticulitis ... colon, and subsequent tissue biopsy revealed ischemic lesions in the submucosa. Initially diagnosed with IC, the ...

Only two patients were symptomatic and both underwent endoscopic balloon dilatation. Two others underwent dilatation to allow passage of the colonoscope into the proximal colon. One patient ultimately ...

Puerto Rico suffered the latest in a string of widespread power outages Tuesday that at one point had nearly 1.3 million businesses or homes — most of the island — in the dark. An ...

There is still controversy regarding the appropriate management of diverticulitis of the colon in cases when both surgical and conservative treatment may be an option. We performed a systematic ...

Gratitude and reflection became central to appreciating life post-cancer, emphasizing the value of creating cherished memories. Receiving a diagnosis of colon cancer at age 34 was such a shocking ...

Results: Over a 3.5-year period, 10,124 endoscopic procedures of the colon (8,987 colonoscopies and 1,137 flexible sigmoidoscopies) were performed. There were 15 colonic perforations (0.15%).

Systemic delivery of adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors transduces the enteric nervous system. However, less is known on the mapping and morphological and neurochemical characterization in the adult ...

According to medical experts, the goal of this type of surgery is to reduce the problems caused by diverticula, which are small hernias in the wall of the colon with a wide spectrum of clinical ...