Doctors successfully treated a 61-year-old woman with a rare paraesophageal hernia and gastric volvulus using advanced ...

We tend to do a lot of lifting this time of year, so getting a hernia during the holidays isn't out of the question. Doctors perform about a million hernia surgeries every year, but many people don't ...

Chest pain when bending forward may be triggered or worsened by certain conditions. These include acid reflux, pulmonary embolism, and hiatal hernia. Treatments are available for these conditions.

A hernia occurs when a piece of skin or organ tissue (like the intestine) bulges through the outer tissue layer that normally holds the area in. Several different hernia types exist — and some can be ...