The human body is still a mystery, and some organs have largely been considered useless in one way or another. However, the ...

Parabilis Medicines, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to creating extraordinary medicines for people living with cancer using its Helicon™ peptide platform to drug historically ...

University of Iowa Health Care has reached a six-figure settlement with a woman who experienced complications when a tube used to transport urine through the body was inadvertently cut. Brenda Norman ...

Medical malpractice: Suit alleges that during a robotic colectomy procedure, the surgeon negligently removed the wrong portion of the colon and failed to confirm the tumor location before, during and ...

Abstract: At present, colorectal cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers in the world. Colectomy serves as an effective treatment option for this disease. Preoperative localization plays a vital ...

A new clinical practice update from the American Gastroenterological Association recommends that clinicians treating refractory constipation perform comprehensive physiologic and psychological ...

Richard was first seen by a colorectal surgeon who told Richard he suspected bowel cancer. After performing a colonoscopy, the surgeon took tissue biopsies and sent the samples for analysis by a ...

There are a few different types of common procedures, and your specific situation will determine which is right for you, says Dana Lukin, MD, a gastroenterologist at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork ...

[This is Part 2 of the post, “Any Medical Procedure Can Traumatize Your Child.”] As covered in Part 1, any medical procedure runs the risk of becoming traumatic based on a child’s emotional experience ...

Inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, is an umbrella term for a group of chronic conditions that cause inflammation and swelling in the digestive tract. It primarily includes two conditions: ulcerative ...