A woman who missed out on her teenage years as she battled undiagnosed Crohn’s disease spent months in an eating disorder inpatient unit before her diagnosis, and needed 60cm of her bowel removed ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota jail workers ignored the pleas of a 41-year-old man who died of a perforated bowel after spending days begging to be taken to a hospital, with pain so severe that he was ...

In 2018, Matthew Perry found himself in a life-threatening situation. The actor’s colon had ruptured, and he was in very real danger of dying. In his book, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A Colorado man unintentionally swallowed a toothpick mixed into his meal at a Greeley restaurant that later perforated his bowel, he alleges in a lawsuit ...

As the gold standard for colon cancer, colonoscopies are often the subject of malpractice cases for gastroenterologists, according to a blog post from law firm Miller & Zois. Here are five things to ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. A patient alleging medical malpractice says a doctor at Des Peres Hospital who was addicted to prescription drugs for years put a ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCIV) — A member of the South Carolina House of Representatives has been hospitalized by a medical emergency. State Rep. Tom Harnett suffered a perforated colon the morning of Jan. 19 ...

The symptoms of ulcerative colitis (UC) — stomach cramps, abdominal pain, and bloody diarrhea — come and go. While serious complications from ulcerative colitis are rare, they can occur. Severe ...