A 37-year-old woman, Mala Devi, was admitted to the emergency department at Regency Hospital, Gorakhpur, after she complained ...

When waste material passes through the colon, it can sometimes clog the appendix. This blockage allows bacteria to multiply ...

Filmmaker Kiran Rao recently underwent appendix surgery and is recovering well. Her experience has renewed focus on ...

One of the key warning signs of appendicitis is pain. In most cases, the pain begins around the navel and gradually shifts to the lower right side of the abdomen ...

Mickie Rich, 65, of Homosassa, was facing what she believed would be her last holiday season after a Stage 4 pancreatic ...

For decades, the appendix has been dismissed as a useless organ — a leftover from human evolution with no real function.

The sigmoid colon stores fecal matter until you have a bowel movement. Some conditions affecting the sigmoid colon can cause pain in the lower left abdomen. The sigmoid colon is the section of the ...

Support smoother blood flow with easy, cardiologist-backed habits that fit into your routine and help you actively protect long-term heart health. Many people worry about heart attacks, but the real ...

Objectives To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of CT in identifying small and large bowel obstruction and associated complications, including ischaemia and perforation, in adult patients. Design ...

Background Although surgical gastrojejunostomy (SGJ) is the standard method for palliation of gastric outlet obstruction (GOO), an endoscopic method—endoscopic ultrasound-guided gastroenterostomy (EUS ...

Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome or Wilkie's syndrome is a rare but potentially life threatening gastrointestinal condition. This syndrome is a clinical phenomenon believed to be caused by ...

The US humorist Christopher Morley once described the human body as “an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing”. He wasn’t wrong: from our cardiovascular and lymphatic systems to our guts and urinary ...