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Through the ESPRESSO cohort, researchers examined the risk of cancer among 75,000 patients with a diagnosis of diverticular disease and colorectal histopathology. The ESPRESSO cohort covers all histopathology reports from Sweden's 28 pathology departments. Through linkage with the Swedish national patient register, researchers identified patients with diverticular disease. Diverticular disease can present through gastrointestinal bleeding, but also through diverticulitis when patients may have fever, nausea and abdominal pain. Previous research has focused on colorectal cancer development in diverticular disease but less has been known about cancer development elsewhere. The researchers found a 33% increased risk of overall cancer in Swedish...

In its statement, the Vatican said the pontiff needed treatment for "symptomatic diverticular stenosis" of the colon, part of the large intestine. Diverticular disease is a condition that involves bulges in the wall of the large intestine. This can lead to a narrowing, of the colon. Symptoms include bloating, recurrent abdominal pain and changes in bowel habits.

(CNN) - Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, who has has been undergoing treatment for a brain cancer diagnosis in his home state since late last year, is hospitalized in stable condition after undergoing surgery for an intestinal infection, his office said Monday. In a statement, his office said, "On Sunday, Senator McCain was admitted to Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona, and underwent surgery to treat an intestinal infection related to diverticulitis."

Associated Press Intestinal disease easy to treat among young, but kills 90 percent of elderly LONDON - The intestinal disease Fidel Castro is reportedly suffering from is usually easy to treat — but if complications develop in an elderly patient like the Cuban leader, it can quickly become a death sentence. The Spanish newspaper El Pais reported Tuesday that the 80-year-old Castro is suffering from diverticulitis, an inflammation of the colon that can lead to serious infection if contents from the intestine leak into the abdomen. In the elderly, the prognosis for this kind of infection is generally very poor...

A chain of insolvent medical performances aggravated the state of Castro A Cuban diplomat says that he undergoes “healing problems” One burdens infection in the heavy intestine, at least three insolvent operations and several complications maintain the Cuban dictator, Fidel Castro, postrado with very serious prognosis, according to medical sources of the hospital Gregorio Marañón of Madrid. In this center Jose works Luis Garci'a Sabrido, head of the service of Surgery, that traveled to visit Fidel Castro in last December. Garci'a Sabrido discarded that Castro undergoes cancer. A Cuban diplomat admitted yesterday that Castro undergoes “healing problems”. According to...

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has returned home to Detroit following treatment at a Houston hospital for diverticulitis. Doctors granted Kilpatrick clearance late Monday evening to return to Detroit, according to Ceeon D. Quiett, the mayor's communications director. The mayor and first lady Carlita Kilpatrick returned home early Tuesday to join their family. Kilpatrick has made tremendous progress since first checking himself into the hospital on Friday, but will be required to get plenty of rest and take antibiotics while at home, according to city officials. They mayor will work with his primary care physician, Dr. Aaron Maddox, to determine appropriate...

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