Although obese individuals are at greater risk of diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, not all obese people ...

Body weight and body mass index alone are not enough to predict whether someone will develop a metabolic disease. A new atlas of cells in fat tissue could help to explain why some overweight people ...

She had been in pain for the entire 90-minute flight. Her abdomen was so distended and tender that she felt as if it might ...

While incredibly important, heart health isn’t just about diet and exercise — it’s influenced by a variety of everyday habits ...

"There is perhaps only one circumstance in which it is acceptable to suggest to a loved one what I was about to suggest to my ...

You can also rupture your large bowel which the doctor says would cause ‘excruciating pain’ and allow faeces to travel into the abdominal ... rectum has a better blood supply than the vagina ...

Your lower esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, and kidneys are below the diaphragm, in your abdominal cavity. The left and right phrenic nerves send signals to control the diaphragm, which receives ...

During the operation, a large amount of noncoagulative blood was observed in the abdominal cavity, with a volume of approximately ... which results in insufficient blood supply to support the tumor, ...

The mother presented high blood pressure and ... contracting vigorously to supply the body. In this scenario, right ventricle volume is force filled, leading to elevated internal pressure, enlargement ...