ALLMedicine™ Diverticular Disease Center

Jan 26th, 2023 - Adult overweight is associated with increased risk of diverticular disease (DD). We investigated associations between birthweight and childhood body mass index (BMI) and DD. Cohort study of 346,586 persons born during 1930-1996 with records in the...

Jan 26th, 2023 - Colon diverticulosis (CD) is extremely common and the prevalence seems to increase globally. The prevalence of CD increases with age and two-thirds of the adult population eventually develop CD. In the US the prevalence of CD was 32.6 % in patient...

Jan 20th, 2023 - Ureteral injury is one of the major complications related to colorectal and gynecologic procedures. Injuries are sometimes identified intraoperatively, but the diagnosis of ureteral injury is often delayed. Ureterocolic fistula is a relatively rar...

Jan 17th, 2023 - Sigmoid resection for diverticular disease is a frequent surgical procedure in the Western world. However, long-term bowel function after sigmoid resection has been poorly described in the literature. This study aims to assess the long-term bowel ...

Jan 4th, 2023 - The prevalence of diverticular disease of sigmoid in the Western has increased over the past century and our know-how of this disease and its management continues to evolve. International experts have tried to standardize the surgical approach to ...

Jan 10th, 2019 - Colonic diverticular disease has been increasing in prevalence in Japan due to the rapidly aging population. Colonic diverticular bleeding can result in hemorrhagic shock requiring blood transfusion, and it carries a high risk of recurrence within...

Jan 26th, 2023 - Colon diverticulosis (CD) is extremely common and the prevalence seems to increase globally. The prevalence of CD increases with age and two-thirds of the adult population eventually develop CD. In the US the prevalence of CD was 32.6 % in patient...

Jan 4th, 2023 - The prevalence of diverticular disease of sigmoid in the Western has increased over the past century and our know-how of this disease and its management continues to evolve. International experts have tried to standardize the surgical approach to ...

Dec 12th, 2022 - irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a well-known risk factor for diseases of the anal region (hemorrhoids, anal fissures, etc.) and large intestine (colon cancer, diverticular disease). Untreatable IBS disease not only impairs the patient's quality ...

Nov 15th, 2022 - The long-term objective of our research program is to show that targeted colonic delivery of natural specific fermentable carbohydrates will maintain and promote gut health by changing the gut microbiota [prebiotic effect], by increasing "protecti...

Oct 27th, 2022 - The objective of the study is to investigate the efficacy and safety of gut-directed enteric-coated curcumin-Berberine (Coptis) combination therapy to induce remission in patients suffering from post AD SUDD. Methods: This will be a two-stage stud...

Nov 11th, 2022 - Patients hospitalized for substance use disorder (SUD) are significantly more likely to die from other medical conditions later in life, a new study suggests. Researchers looked at mortality following a diagnosis of 28 different medical conditions...

Oct 13th, 2022 - Patients with diverticular disease have a 33% increased risk of overall cancer, researchers have found, which is equivalent to one extra cancer case per 16 patients with diverticular disease followed for 10 years. "In the United States, over 60% o...

Dec 22nd, 2021 - GI, liver, and pancreatic diseases cost the U. S.

Nov 1st, 2021 - The differential diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in older patients is complicated by comorbid conditions such as infectious colitis, segmental colitis associated with diverticular disease, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced.

Jun 21st, 2021 - Severe complications at 5 years were no different for patients with perforated purulent diverticulitis who underwent laparoscopic peritoneal lavage or colon resection, according to data from 199 individuals treated at 21 hospitals in Norway and Sw.