The workings of the small intestine have long been a mystery, but now we are discovering the hidden roles this organ plays in ...

Your stomach makes acid when you eat, which may irritate your esophagus, stomach, or bowel. The pain is usually felt in the upper part of the ... small intestine the distal descending and sigmoid ...

5 This decision was based on the assumption that cardia stomach cancers would be more likely to be recognised and coded as such, while it can be more difficult to assign an exact anatomical location ...

A common stomach bug can lead to serious health issues if left untreated. While many people may carry the bacteria without symptoms, prolonged infection can cause chronic inflammation, stomach ...

A girl has relearned how to walk, talk and swallow after undergoing an operation rarely carried out on children, in which doctors stored part of her skull in her stomach. Ellie Morris-Davies ...

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 rapidly developing area of medicine focuses on abdominal core health ...

Surgery to remove your stomach is called a gastrectomy. There are different types of gastrectomy. The type you have depends on the stage and position of your cancer. You might have: a subtotal or ...

The abdominal wall was opened and four bipolar copper electrodes ... The needle (see insertion marked with a black dot) at the most distal part of the hind limb corresponds to point SP-6 ( Sanyinjiao) ...

Stomach sleeping is an unusual (and relatively unpopular) sleep position, but the right mattress can work wonders for your comfort if you can't help but lay prone. We've spent thousands of hours ...

An esophageal spasm is the sudden, abnormal squeezing of the food pipe (esophagus) -- the tube that carries food from your mouth to your stomach ... of esophagus spasms: Distal esophageal spasm ...

For cancers in the lower (distal) portion of the stomach, your doctor may choose to remove the lower two-thirds of the stomach along with the nearby fatty tissue and lymph nodes. The surgeon then ...