Bowel retraining is a program that helps people who have chronic constipation or a frequent loss of bowel control. It involves trying to go to the bathroom at the same time every day in an attempt to ...

Diverticulitis symptoms usually include left-sided abdominal pain, chills, and nausea. Most diverticulitis cases can be ...

Many people have small pouches in the lin­ing of the colon, or large intestine, that bulge outward through weak spots. Each pouch is called a diverticulum. Multiple pouches are called diverticula. The ...

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