"Apron belly" is a term commonly used to describe a sagging stomach with excess skin and fatty tissue that hangs from the abdomen. It is medically known as a pannus stomach or an abdominal pannus.

A new technique for growing three-dimensional human stomach tissue in vitro, reported last week (October 29) in Nature, may help to overcome this obstacle. Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s ...

A femoral hernia occurs when part of your intestine or abdominal tissue pushes through a weak spot in your lower abdominal ...

Dietary and lifestyle choices may help manage gastritis and stomach ulcers. Foods such as broccoli and berries may be beneficial, while spicy foods and alcohol may make symptoms worse. Gastritis ...

A study suggests that “chief” cells in the stomach act as reserve stem cells that are activated by tissue damage and may be the long-sought source of gastric cancer. Amid cuts to federal funding, US ...

A pioneering study has revealed new insights into the role of gastric bacteria in stomach cancer development that could pave the way for a more effective treatment of pre-cancer.

Rinki Murphy from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, studied the diversity of fat cells in subcutaneous and intra-abdominal (visceral) fat tissues in humans. This study is part of an ...

To protect the stomach tissues, it also secretes a mucus layer. When the layer of mucus becomes ineffective, the acid may affect stomach tissue creating a sore thus causing moderate to severe ...

We tested the hypothesis that peri-adipocyte collagen is associated with higher obesity level and abdominal fat accumulation, lower adipose tissue attenuation, macrophage accumulation and altered ...