Small intestine cancer occurs when abnormal cells grow in the tissues of the small bowel, the long tube that connects your ...

Over 200 individuals received surgical treatment for morbid obesity in public hospitals throughout 2024, with the total cost ...

Doctors say the rare case was caused by years of trichophagia, a condition involving hair pulling and ingestion ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Johnson & Johnson’s filing comes a month after Medtronic gained U.S. clearance for its Hugo system as competition in the soft ...

Roller Weight Loss & Advanced Surgery, a Fayetteville-based bariatric surgery clinic, recently invested about $8 million to ...

Matching weight loss tools to the dominant drivers of weight regulation can lead to more effective, durable, and personalized ...

Gastric bypass is a type of weight loss surgery that reduces the stomach and small intestine. This surgery has helped many people with type 2 diabetes achieve remission. Approximately 4% of people ...

Background: With the introduction of laparoscopic antireflux surgery (LARS) for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) along with the increasing efficacy of modern medical treatment, a direct ...

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

Context Duodenal carcinoids are extremely rare, and their characteristics and biological behavior have not been fully elucidated. Objective To analyze the clinicopathological characteristics of ...