Surgical Intervention for Gastrointestinal Foreign Bodies in Adult Patients: A Case Series. Surgical Science, 16, 182-193.

A major new study from Sweden has found that waist circumference (WC)—a simple measure of abdominal fat—may be a more ...

Body mass index and waist circumference were used to measure general and abdominal obesity. Sodium intake and urine sodium ...

Symptoms may include abdominal pain, flank pain, or a palpable mass in the abdomen. Liver cancer: Patients may experience ...

Obesity is associated with longer operative times and higher odds of complications than normal body mass index (BMI) in patients undergoing abdominal surgery. Although surgeons encounter ...

Lady Liberty’s words, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” for most of my 85 years, defined us as a nation. This is who we were. But Donald Trump ...

Lower abdominal pain is commonly caused by trapped gas or indigestion. Less commonly, lower abdominal pain can be a symptom of a more serious issue, like a kidney infection or a twisted bowel. Lower ...

Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou 310022, China School of Molecular Medicine, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of ...

The Short-Form Nutrition Literacy scale was used to evaluate the NL of adults. General obesity was defined as a body mass index of ≥28 kg/m 2. Abdominal obesity was defined as a waist circumference of ...