How do I know which radiologic tests to choose when evaluating abdominal pain? — Dorothy Malone Rising, ANP, CDE, Johnson, Vt. Contrast is required whenever there is a differential of cancer. If a ...

Evaluation of chronic abdominal pain of luminal etiology is a challenging problem for the primary care physicians and gastroenterologists. The exact localization of lesion to either small or large ...

If you've had stomach pain recently, you might have wondered how to check if you have appendicitis at home. Appendicitis is the most common cause of abdominal pain that results in surgery in the ...

The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) states the prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) is falling. However, these often asymptomatic balloon-like expansions are at risk ...

How the assessment of cancer risk could be improved in patients with non-specific symptoms by including information from common blood test results. Incorporating information from common blood tests ...

Dr. Emily W. Lopes: An 89-year-old man was evaluated at this hospital because of recurrent bloody stools. Two years before the current evaluation, the patient underwent repair of a right inguinal ...

Adults with abdominal obesity who participated in a mixed-meal tolerance test exhibited an acute postprandial suppression of bone turnover markers compared with the response after an oral glucose ...

NICE advises thinking about the possibility of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm in people with cardiovascular collapse, or loss of consciousness, or new abdominal and/or back pain. NICE emphasises ...