Endometriosis impacts physical, mental, and sexual health. This Endometriosis Awareness Month, let's bring to light what is ...

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD FibroScan is the brand name for transient elastography, an abdominal ultrasound that ...

Up to 90% of abdominal surgeries result in adhesions -- abnormal scarring that ties together organs and tissues. A gel has now been shown to prevented adhesions in mice and pigs.

Surgical adhesions—common, sometimes life-threatening complications that arise after open or laparoscopic abdominal ...

Up to 90% of abdominal surgeries result in adhesions — abnormal scarring that ties together organs and tissues. A gel developed at Stanford Medicine prevented adhesions in mice and pigs.

People who carry excess fat around the stomach are prone to obesity-related health issues and a new a study suggests that having a so-called pot belly may also be a sign of brain aging.

"Apron belly" is a term commonly used to describe a sagging stomach with excess skin and fatty tissue that hangs from the abdomen. It is medically known as a pannus stomach or an abdominal pannus.

This can lead to the death of intestinal tissue. In babies with NEC, the intestines can no longer accommodate waste. So bacteria can enter the bloodstream and cause life-threatening infections. Waste ...

This can cause inflammation, pain and scar tissue to form. There are several theories as to how endometriosis forms. The most widely accepted is that endometrial lining travels backward through the ...

Dr Asuri Krishna, additional professor in the surgery department, noted that when the boy visited AIIMS OPD on Jan 28, they initially mistook his covered abdomen for a carried child. Instead ...

Formalin‐fixed, paraffin‐embedded tissue samples from previous collections were used in this study. Normal abdominal aorta tissues (n=10) were obtained from deceased organ donors with no known aortic ...

Scar tissue forms when a wound heals but is different from skin tissue. For example, it is less elastic, leading to tightness, limited movement, and pain. Exercise, moisturizing, and other home ...