The complication was only picked up after the band had subsequently migrated from the stomach at the site of erosion, to the distal ileum causing acute small bowel obstruction and focal perforation ...

email.msn.com Objective: Little has been written in the medical literature concerning the ethics of treatment of the elderly demented patient with bowel obstruction. It is one example of the issues ...

On the always discussion-heavy subreddit r/AskReddit, Reddit user u/Ecstatic_Ad_4476 asked people to share causes of death ...

An NHS hospital has apologised after the 'completely avoidable' death of a 'full of life' schoolgirl. The heartbroken family ...

Yellow or greenish-vomit is usually a sign that you are throwing up bile. Bile is a digestive fluid produced by the liver. Throwing up yellow bile could indicate a potentially serious medical concern ...

Of course, we want our pups to be happy from head to tail, but what does happiness look like in dogs? Dog behavior is complex ...

We have lost a lot of stars over the years, including these Hollywood actors who never made it to 40. We’ve seen a great ...

How much does Amazon love dogs? Just ask one of the 10,000+ pups who help make Amazon a great place to work. Amazon MGM Studios, Michael G. Wilson, and Barbara Broccoli today announced that they have ...

They add: 'If someone swallows a piece of plastic or anything else that's hard and not digestible, it could cause choking or a bowel obstruction or other serious problems.' While they highlight ...

In fact, she had Crohn's disease, an inflammatory bowel condition that causes a range of distressing symptoms. She says: 'The doctors took out a mass the size of a grapefruit, then they took out ...

It often produces no symptoms in the early stages, but people should see a doctor if they notice persistent changes in bowel habits. The colon, or large intestine, is at the end of the digestive ...