We instinctively shield our abdomen when we are physically threatened, and we may feel vulnerable when someone puts his or her hand on our bare abdomen. Therefore, with an abdominal examination the ...

Clinicians and researchers in the NICU rely on the assessment and critical thinking skills of the bedside nurse to prevent and treat complications of prematurity, specifically FI. Appropriately ...

About 33,300 people in the U.S. will get stomach cancer this year. While it isn’t as common as it used to be, this type of cancer can be life-changing. Many times, having your stomach removed is the ...

Most people diagnosed with stomach cancer are over the age of 60. However, in the United States, stomach cancers in people under 40 have been steadily rising. The American Cancer Society estimates ...

One of the most common and frequent pains people experience occurs in the stomach. The causes of stomach pain are many, given that it is one of your body’s most active and important organs. Thankfully ...

The stomach flu, also known as a stomach bug, is clinically known as viral or infectious gastroenteritis. Despite its popular nickname, this type of gastroenteritis isn’t caused by the influenza or ...

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III study of cisplatin plus a fluoropyrimidine with or without ramucirumab as first-line therapy in patients with metastatic gastric or ...

Before Todd Leach lost his father to a rare, aggressive form of stomach cancer, his dad gave him one last gift: a genetic ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ACT Biotech, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of highly targeted, oral therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, announced ...