Other signs of diverticular disease include pain in the lower left ... The charity warns that blood in the stool is a common sign of colon cancer, which is on the rise worldwide, particularly ...

Diverticulitis occurs when pouches called diverticula form in the ... fistulas, or even colon cancer. Individuals with Crohn’s disease are at a higher risk for osteoporosis.

Less common causes of inflammation in the GI tract include: microscopic colitis diverticulosis ... Crohn’s disease can also increase the risk of colon cancer if one-third of the colon or more ...

A young woman who suffered unusual symptoms of colon cancer, and nearly lost her life to the disease, has warned others not to dismiss lesser-known signs. Chloe Wakelin, a nursery worker from ...

In a groundbreaking medical achievement in the U.K., a 32-year-old woman from Manchester has undergone the country's first ...

Colonoscopies aren’t used only to detect cancer, but also to check for other bowel inflammation conditions such as colitis, Crohn’s or diverticular disease. The last is very common from the ...

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 ...

The term encompasses acute or chronic conditions and covers a wide range of diseases including constipation, diverticular disease and irritable bowel syndrome.

A new method for detecting bowel cancer is more than 90% accurate at predicting which higher risk people will develop the disease, research found. People with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD ...