Family history.Certain genetic conditions can run in families that can increase the risk of developing polyps and colon cancer. So if you have a parent, brother, sister, or child who has had ...

changes in your normal bowel habit and inflammation in the colon. The prevalence of diverticular disease increases with age. In the Western world it is estimated that over 20pc of people aged ...

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Now, experts have discovered that having a glass a day can also slash your risk of bowel cancer by nearly a fifth, according to a study of more than half-a-million women. An additional 300mg of ...

Colon cancer symptoms in women include diarrhea, constipation, unintended weight loss, and bloody stools. While these are the same for anyone with colon cancer, symptoms in women may be misattributed ...

Hierarchical analysis showed significant differences still remained in surgical duration, blood loss, and surgical site distribution for proctectomy and sigmoid colon resection (p < 0.001). RACS did ...

Most of the sigmoid colon is in the left lower quarter of the body. When a diverticulum becomes inflamed (diverticulitis), the symptoms suggest “left-sided appendicitis.” Symptoms usually ...

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%).

About 107,320 new cases of colon cancer (54,510 in men and 52,810 in women) About 46,950 new cases of rectal cancer (27,950 in men and 19,000 in women) The rate of people being diagnosed with colon or ...

But when the problem is caused by diverticulitis ... surgery is to remove sections of the colon affected by the condition. One option is a primary bowel resection, which removes the diseased ...

In 1864, Hypernaux et al. first reported a case of transvaginal prolapse of abdominal content (13). In 2003, Moen et al. reported the first case of vaginal evisceration requiring bowel resection ...