Your abdominal muscles surround your trunk between the rib cage and pelvis and keep your abdominal organs safe. Your core abdominal muscles also support your trunk and allow movements while keeping ...

Stomach transplant surgery isn’t done often and it’s typically not a stand-alone surgery. A stomach transplant is usually performed as part of multiorgan transplant surgery. Read on to learn more ...

MIT wants to help you listen to your stomach. No, it won't project the grumbles you get before your lunch break. Instead, this team of scientists has created a "FitBit for your stomach" to monitor ...

The five vital organs in the human body are the brain, heart, lungs, kidneys, and liver. Other organs include the gallbladder, pancreas, and stomach. Organ systems, such as the nervous system, support ...

The mesentery, an unassuming membrane that connects the small and large intestines to abdominal wall, has now being upgraded to organ status. While this classification may seem trivial, the scientists ...

Radiologists are beginning to use AI-based computer vision models to help speed up the laborious process of parsing medical scans. However, these models require large amounts of carefully labeled ...

Tuesday, 2 October 2018 marks the first ever World Stomach Day, an international initiative to raise awareness and support for one of our most vital organs. A sophisticated organ with a unique ...

Doctors palpate the abdomen to check certain organs and feel for atypical masses or tenderness. Palpating the abdomen is often part of an abdominal physical examination. A doctor may perform a ...

Stomach pain should not be ignored as it may indicate serious health issues. Pain on the right side could be due to gallstones or appendicitis. Hepatitis, kidney issues, and hernia may also cause it.