At a family lunch, Wheaton dad Paul Davis struggled to get down a single bite of food. “I had to stop the meal. I couldn’t ...

When Karyn Paringatai learned about a pattern among her family members, it changed the course of her life: A lot of people ...

Mayo Clinic's Engineering and Therapeutics in Gastrointestinal Disease Lab is developing novel gastric remodeling to improve obesity and obesity-related metabolic conditions.

Mayo Clinic's Engineering & Therapeutics in Gastrointestinal Disease Lab is implementing microrobotics in the gastrointestinal tract using a swallowable, remote-controlled robotic capsule.

Medical experts emphasize that the choice of imaging for acute abdominal pain depends on pain location, suspected cause, and patient factors. Ultrasound is preferred for right upper quadrant and ...

Allison Kuch and former NFL pro Isaac Rochell welcomed their second baby together, a girl named Pepper Jo: "One of the best ...

Light has an increasing number of applications in biology and medicine – it can be used to stimulate cell growth, manipulate neural signals, and treat some cancers – but it doesn’t easily pass through ...

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been associated with increased stent optimization and reduced adverse events among patients with complex ...

Continuing GLP-1/glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) agonist therapy prior to elective upper endoscopy (EGD) increased the risk for significant residual gastric volume (RGV), but clear ...

Spherical bacteria crowd on a plastic surface to form a globular shape with vacancies throughout. When bacteria crowd together and form sticky biofilms, infections can become more dangerous and ...

Engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a technique that uses microbubbles and ultrasound to help relatively large cancer drugs enter tumor cells and cause them to self-destruct. Dubbed ...