For many people, frequent bloating has little to do with gas or stool; it could be an abnormal muscle response, researchers in my field have come to understand. (Getty Images) ...

He underwent a whipple ... the surgery Craig, who grew up in Chatham explained: “They cut right across my abdomen right through the tissue. They told me it is one of the more major abdominal ...

and the abdominal wall muscles relax, pushing everything within the abdominal cavity, such as the bowels, forward. This response — called abdomino-phrenic dyssynergia — may seem ...

Carol Lewis has no regrets about how she voted on the chicken issue. As a longtime member of the St. Cloud, Minn., city council, she’d heard all the arguments. At a December meeting, locals ...

Many nerves lie between the layers ... surgery and minimal open surgery, Dr. Horne says. She uses 3D-printed models to help plan surgeries. Sometimes Botox is used to lengthen the abdominal wall ...