Medicine borrows much of its vocabulary from Latin and ancient Greek. For example, the word "gastric" refers to the stomach. The word "peptic" refers to the digestive system. As such, these two terms ...

Patients with early-stage gastric cancer may consider stomach-preserving surgery, as it led to better quality-of-life and nutritional outcomes in a study. Stomach-preserving surgery may improve ...

Most stomach ulcers heal usually within 4–8 weeks, but larger ulcers may take up to 12 weeks. The cause and size of the ulcer will also influence recovery time. Stomach ulcers are sores in the stomach ...

That burning sensation in your stomach might be trying to tell you something more complex than “lay off the spicy food.” For decades, we’ve been quick to blame stress alone for the development of ...

Until Pope Pius XII fell ill in 1954, few people had ever heard of hiatal hernia and fewer knew what it was, although surprisingly many must have suffered from it. Nowadays the diagnosis is being made ...

Elderly patients with bleeding stomach ulcers who had an early exploratory test called an upper endoscopy had a two-day shorter hospital stay and were less likely to require surgery than patients who ...

If you're like a lot of people, you probably spend some time every day wondering what to eat. This question can be made more complex if you're dealing with a digestive health issue, such as stomach ...

Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) was hospitalized after undergoing an emergency surgery Friday for a perforated ulcer, according to an announcement from her office. Mackenzie Smith, a spokesperson for ...

Weight-loss experts explain why combining GLP-1 medications with bariatric surgery may be the most effective approach to ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Former England football player Paul Gascoigne has undergone emergency surgery for a perforated stomach ulcer, media reported on Monday. Gascoigne's agent, Jane Morgan, said in a ...

U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., underwent emergency surgery on Friday for a perforated ulcer and is expected to be hospitalized for several days while she recovers. "The procedure was successful ...

It's too bad the One Ring can't protect its master from getting sick. Peter Jackson, the director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and its long-awaited, two-film prequel, The Hobbit, is recovering ...