Surgery may be an option to manage ulcerative colitis when treatment with medication and lifestyle changes isn’t effective, ...

DEAR DOCTORS: I was diagnosed with diverticulitis, which caused a bowel perforation. I had a sigmoidectomy, no problem, and a resection. Now I’m dealing with constant and urgent diarrhea, as well as ...

Dear Doctors: My husband is 78 years old. A second colectomy left him with one-fourth of his colon, and he suffers from chronic diarrhea. I’ve read that he should avoid sugar and alcohol, which he won ...

12% of people with ulcerative colitis need surgery to have their colon removed (colectomy). Most of those have an ileo-anal pouch surgically constructed from their small bowel, which means that they ...

A head-to-head comparison of the JAK inhibitor drug tofacitinib and chimeric monoclonal antibody infliximab in the treatment of acute severe ulcerative colitis (ASUC) shows that, contrary to concerns, ...

PLANTATION, FLA. (WSVN) - A young woman paid a special visit to the frontline workers who treated her after she suffered a life-threatening illness. Katherine Nava on Saturday morning reunited with ...

Summerville Medical Center recently marked a major milestone in its minimally invasive robotic surgery program, performing the first procedure using its new state-of-the-art robotic surgical system.

Q I was diagnosed with diverticulitis, which caused a bowel perforation. I had a sigmoidectomy, no problem, and a resection. Now I’m dealing with constant and urgent diarrhea, as well as some cramping ...