Ah, Christmas goodies! And holiday dinners! So much of families’ traditions come from eating certain foods, usually sweet, or ...

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 ...

You may find that some of the foods listed under "foods to avoid" may not bother you, while others on the "foods to enjoy" list may cause discomfort. Everyone tolerates food differently. To determine ...

A hiatal or stomach hernia is a common problem, especially for adults over 50, with symptoms that include heartburn, reflux, chest pain, irritation in the throat, belching, and regurgitation. If a ...

A hiatal hernia is an enlarged opening in your diaphragm, the dome-shaped muscle that contracts when you breathe. Organs in your belly push through this opening and into your chest. There are two main ...

Hiatal hernia surgery uses minimally invasive techniques to fix a hernia caused by the stomach pushing into the chest. After surgery, you’ll need a liquid diet (avoiding solid foods) for the first two ...

A hiatal hernia is when your stomach bulges up into your chest through an opening in your diaphragm, the muscle that separates the two areas. This opening is called the hiatus, so this condition is ...

During this interval there were over 3000 admissions to the Thoracic Surgical Section. Twenty-nine patients, or about 1 per cent, had proved peptic esophagitis. Sixty-two patients with diaphragmatic ...

Know if your frequent acid reflux and bloating are just common gut issues or signaling a more serious condition like a hiatus hernia. If you frequently get uncomfortable heartburn or feel very full ...

A hernia occurs when an internal organ or tissue pushes through a weak spot in the surrounding muscle or tissue wall. Hernias can occur in the abdomen, upper thigh and groin areas. Inguinal hernia, ...

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 ...

Hiatal hernias occur when there is a protrusion of the upper portion of the stomach into the thorax through a tear or weakness in the diaphragm. There are two main types of hiatal hernias. A sliding ...