Dr. Cole is the President of Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina. She is President emerita of Spelman College and Professor Emerita of Anthropology, Women's Studies, and African American Studies at Emory University. A nationally known African American feminist-intellectual, she may be the author of countless books, including Conversations: Straight Talk with America's Sister President. The same act is also known as an effective preventive measure to diminish to the risk of urinary tract infection incidence. Diverticulitis diagnosed recently, a formation of bubbles or pockets in the lower intestine which produce pain and cramping inside lower left side in the abdomen. In my case the pain sensation and cramp is brought on by the intake of particular foods. The eating of bread, this specific brown whole wheat grains, (good for you!) seeds and nuts, all manage to precede an attack with the disease. Now this is not a dangerous disease and is also apparently very common generally in most members of the western world, it only becomes a problem when one from the sacs who have developed, becomes infected or blocked.