No one is thrilled to get the hiccups - they're a nuisance and annoyingly disruptive. In some cases, though, hiccups can be ...

I spent my childhood and young adulthood being told I was “too young and healthy” to be dealing with the health issues I experienced. But as an adult, I was determined to find answers, and eventually, ...

A Groundbreaking New Approach to Treating Chronic Abdominal Pain Nov. 22, 2024 — A research team has developed a new class of oral peptide therapeutic leads for treating chronic abdominal pain.

An international study has identified two types of these so-called dysbioses in cystic fibrosis ... A new study suggests that abdominal obesity as measured by body mass index (BMI) and waist ...

Objective: Conventional fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for cystic thyroid nodules (CTNs) has a high rate of nondiagnostic and false-negative results. Ultrasound-guided FNAB (UG-FNAB ...

Acute colonic ileus or Ogilvie's syndrome is an acute nonmechanical colonic obstruction with an unclear pathophysiology. This motility disorder generally occurs in elderly patients with serious ...

Our editors also may be in touch with follow-up questions. Cannabidiol (CBD) may offer numerous health benefits, including pain relief and anxiety relief, without the intoxicatingly psychoactive ...

Pain in the right shoulder and arm can occur due to injury, wear and tear, and other health conditions. You may experience other symptoms with certain causes. Shoulder pain is very common. Because ...

The elderly may have a very complicated medical history and misleading signs. A longitudinal study found that 50% of elderly patients (65 or over) with abdominal pain required admission. 1 Because of ...

Space-occupying lessions of the liver may be cystic or solid. Ultrasonography is an extremely useful method for initial screening, and suffices for diagnosis of simple hepatic cysts. Complex cysts and ...

Joint pain on one side of the body may be an indication of arthritis. Arthritis refers to a group of diseases that cause inflammation and swelling of one or more joints. Joint pain can either occur ...