Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hiatal hernia occurs when part of the stomach or other abdominal organs pushes through the diaphragm and into the chest cavity, ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013;28(3):415-431. Second, since both hiatal hernia and BE are recognized at endoscopy, there is the possibility of referral bias skewing the results towards a more positive ...

As a gastroenterologist, I’ve learned that many patients misunderstand a common finding, the hiatal hernia. There are two basic types of hiatal hernia. Ninety-five percent are of the sliding type, and ...

THE DIAPHRAGM is a muscular sheet that separates the chest cavity (containing the heart, lungs, esophagus and other organs) from the abdominal cavity (containing the stomach, large and small intestine ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 72-year-old female with MGUS. I was just diagnosed with an ulcer, Barrett's esophagus, GERD and a hiatal hernia of 8 cm. My surgeon has put me on high-dose Prilosec and Carafate ...

Dear Dr. Roach: After an endoscopy, the doctor told me I have a hiatal hernia. He said nothing could be done for it and that I will have to live with it the rest of my life. He gave me no medicines or ...

On Thursday actor, partyer and headline-grabber Charlie Sheen was hospitalized-- again. This time, a friend said, it was because laughing too hard aggravated the actor’s hiatal hernia, causing severe ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 80 years old, still work full-time and have generally ...

We followed the PRISMA Statement for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses in performing our systematic review. [24] A systematic search was performed by two reviewers (J.A. and M.T.) through four ...