RTVM/FB President Marcos was back at work on Monday after getting hospitalized for complications due to diverticulitis, which do not require surgery, Malacañang said on ...

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is “back to normal” after recently being diagnosed with diverticulitis, Malacañang said on ...

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Monday belied circulating reports that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will undergo an ...

Digestive health is not something most people think about until there is a problem. One common condition that affects the ...

Fournier’s gangrene (FG) is a fulminant necrotising fasciitis of the perineum and genital region. We report a rare case of FG secondary to retroperitoneal perforation of sigmoid diverticulitis in a ...

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday assured the public that the discomfort he experienced on Wednesday night is not life-threatening, calling the circulating rumors about his death “highly ...

PURPOSE: To investigate the deposition of collagen in the colon wall of patients with sigmoid diverticulitis. METHODS: Samples of sigmoid tissue from 15 patients (disease group), seven men and eight ...

Diverticulosis, a condition that develops when pouches form in the wall of the colon, is increasing in frequency. It affects the majority of those reaching the age of 80—a growing portion of the ...

Recent national surveys from the United Kingdom show that most adults fall well short of the fiber intake recommended for a healthy gut. On average they eat about 18 grams a day, roughly 60 percent of ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

When addressing the serious concern of colon cancer, many people wonder about the effectiveness of standard imaging tools like the CT (Computed Tomography) scan. The direct answer is yes, a CT scan ...

The sigmoid colon stores fecal matter until you have a bowel movement. Some conditions affecting the sigmoid colon can cause pain in the lower left abdomen. The sigmoid colon is the section of the ...