Think it’s just a bulge? Don’t wait until it’s too late. Watch out for these hernia symptoms that scream ‘emergency’.

Hernias are a common yet often misunderstood medical condition, and according to Dr. Jeffrey Bell, a general surgeon at ...

A report has revealed that one in three Brits are unable to spot signs of bowel cancer, raising worrying concerns about the early identification of this harmful condition. With April marking Bowel ...

Ultrasonic or ultrasound cavitation is the use of ultrasound technology to break down fat cells below the skin. It is a non-surgical method of reducing cellulite and localized fat. This ...

It's free, simple and secure. The images produced from an ultrasound, a milestone in many pregnancies, are called sonograms. They're part of routine pregnancy care, but you may pay some-out-pocket ...

The young daughter of a Perth reality TV star has been in hospital for six months as she tries to overcome a severe bowel obstruction due to a complication of living with cystic fibrosis.

April is marked as IBS awareness month, to build awareness around one of the most common, yet somewhat uncomfortable-to-discuss gastrointestinal disorders, irritable bowel syndrome. Awareness of ...

They include cancer treatment; inflammatory bowel disease; chronic or severe coughing; and complications from pregnancy (diastasis recti) and surgery. The most common problems are hernias ...

A study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology reveals significant disparities in health care utilization among racial and ethnic groups with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD ...

Those kinds of tests can require bowel preparation, sedation, anesthesia, and radiation. Gastroenterologist Mark Mattar, MD, performs a beside intestinal ultrasound (IUS) to look for inflammatory ...

WASHINGTON, March 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- MedStar Georgetown University Hospital is the first hospital in the Washington, D.C. region to offer bedside intestinal ultrasound (IUS) to monitor ...