It is a large part of the body that lies deep inside, out of sight and perhaps out of mind: your abdominal core. A new and ...

Dr. Kyle Seudeal, a general surgeon with Franciscan Health, sat down with 13News to share insights into this common medical ...

A coroner has warned about a "lack of understanding" among medics of strangulated hiatus hernia after the condition went ...

Hernias are a common medical problem. In the United States more than one million hernia surgeries are performed each year.

We hope you'll never need to know this—but in case symptoms of a hernia ever creep up, a Cleveland Clinic surgeon reveals ...

“Pain in the right upper abdomen may reflect gallbladder disease, perhaps from gallstones,” Raufman said. If you notice pain ...

Abdominal reconstruction in the contaminated or potentially-contaminated abdomen is challenging because of the high risk of re-infection and hernia recurrence. Surgical techniques, synthetic ...

Surgery may be recommended if the hernia become large enough that it bulges into more than 50% of the stomach, or is bigger than around 7 centimeters (2.8 inches). If your hiatal hernia isn’t ...

A hiatal hernia occurs when the upper part of the stomach moves into the chest cavity through the diaphragm. In a 2023 article, researchers said that older adults experience muscle weakness and ...

Acid reflux, also known as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), is a common condition in pets, particularly dogs and cats.