The procedure, which treats hernias, has already seen success in dozens of patients who say it has improved their quality of ...

A research team at Tohoku University, in collaboration with Denka Company Limited and U-A Corporation, has developed a ...

Doctors demonstrated a swallowable micro-robot that can be remotely piloted inside the human stomach while the patient ...

Abstract: Increased demand for minimally invasive surgery has accelerated the adoption of natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery. Meanwhile, the increasing complexity of endoscopic procedures ...

A young woman was diagnosed with a rare stomach cancer just months after doctors shrugged off her symptoms as being 'women's ...

Norovirus, the infamous "winter vomiting disease," is surging again across the United States. Norovirus is a highly contagious stomach bug that causes sudden, often violent bouts of diarrhea and ...

Abstract: 3D measurement for endoscopic systems has large potential not only for cancer diagnosis or computer-assisted medical systems, but also for providing ground truth for supervised training of ...

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT The 31-year-old man needed emergency surgery after it was revealed he had slipped a two-foot live eel inside himself - but then surgeons came across another, equally ...

Gatherings with family and friends, drinks and feasts – the holidays can be merry and bright and also bring heightened risk of contracting norovirus, sometimes called the "winter vomiting disease" and ...

Everyone's home for the holidays — and so are the germs. It's possible sickness could be knocking on the door along with your party guests. It's cold and flu season, and common winter illnesses such ...