Diverticulitis occurs when small pouches or sacs diverticula in the colon walls become inflamed or infected Heres how you can ...

Jan. 28, 2025 — A data analysis from a randomized clinical trial for stage 3 colon cancer patients found that patients with evidence of residual cancer in their blood after surgery to remove the ...

But in some cases, a rectal tumor is too close to the muscle to save it. In that case, you’ll need a colostomy. It’s rare to need a colostomy after colon cancer surgery. But about 1 in 8 ...

Getting regular checkups and colon cancer screening is the best way to prevent colorectal cancer. The US Preventive Services Task Force and the American Cancer Society both recommend that people ...

Most involuntary muscles are made up of smooth muscle. Smooth muscle lacks the striated structure of skeletal muscle and instead consists of sheets or layers of smooth muscle cells. When stimulated by ...

A disrupted protein degradation process in heart muscle cells can lead to a range of severe heart diseases. In the case of dilated cardiomyopathy, a pathological enlargement of the heart chambers ...

Medically reviewed by Steffini Stalos, DO Bladder cancer occurs when cancerous cells form in the tissues of the bladder, the hollow organ in your abdomen that stores urine. The bladder has several ...

It’s been a demanding and difficult road back for the fast-healing Mikaela Shiffrin, who plans to make her World Cup return next week after being punctured at a Killington, Vermont, race.

That's when they discovered a "grapefruit-sized" tumor in his colon, he said. Lopez saw the scan and couldn't believe his eyes. Colon cancer? He was so young, healthy, and fit. Stories like Lopez ...

A doctor will inject a liquid solution containing the element barium into the colon through the rectum. They follow this with a brief pumping of air to smooth over the barium layer to provide the ...

Some people have a sigmoid colon that’s a bit longer than usual, which is a normal variation in human anatomy, she adds. “I was always told I had a long colon,” Grenham recalls.