Higher PPI dosages improve outcomes in those with gastroesophageal disease, but it is unclear whether twice-daily dosing is more effective.

The skin becomes thinner as the body ages, which can make veins appear more pronounced or more significant than they are. Enlarged veins can appear in the center of the forehead or the sides of ...

Development and validation of machine learning model for mortality after curative gastrectomy for gastric cancer. The impact of nutritional status on recurrence-free survival (RFS) in patients with ...

Your heart, lungs, and the upper part of your esophagus (food pipe) are in the thoracic cavity above the diaphragm. Your lower esophagus, stomach, intestines ... During pregnancy, a woman's enlarged ...

Fatty liver disease, or hepatic steatosis, occurs when excess fat accumulates in liver cells. Commonly associated with ...

Heartburn can happen as your uterus presses on your stomach and pushes acid up your esophagus. Heartburn is common in pregnancy. Hormones released during pregnancy can relax the valve between your ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic (long-term) condition affecting the esophagus, the tube that carries food and liquids from the mouth to the stomach. EoE ...

One cause of esophageal strictures is gastroesophageal reflux disease, a condition in which excessive acid is refluxed from the stomach up into the esophagus ... The main treatment for esophageal ...

TNM staging of esophageal carcinoma ... Gastric cancer (TU) involving muscle layer of stomach (stage T2), but not penetrating through serosa. PV=portal vein. Figure 13. Gastric cancer (TU ...

Part 1 of this continuing medical education review addresses gastrointestinal scintigraphy as it applies to motility studies of the esophagus and stomach. Part 2 will address applications in the small ...