WITH the development of safer anesthesia and better surgical technic over the past thirty years the repair of esophageal hiatus hernia has become a well recognized surgical procedure. It is ordinarily ...

Despite the scene in Friends where Joey develops an agonizing hernia, not all hernias are painful. A hiatal hernia, which affects 50 percent of adults over age 50, won’t often directly cause pain. But ...

A viewer is asking about what can be done for an esophageal hernia. Doctor Lacy Anderson has the answer. Anderson says it sounds like something called a hiatal hernia. This is a different type of ...

A hiatal hernia is an enlarged opening in your diaphragm, the dome-shaped muscle that contracts when you breathe. Organs in your belly push through this opening and into your chest. There are two main ...

While you cannot resolve a hiatal hernia without medical intervention, it may not require treatment if it isn’t causing any symptoms. Lifestyle adjustments like diet changes, specific exercises, and ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

A hernia is when part of your insides bulges through your muscle or other tissues. A hiatal hernia occurs when the top of your stomach or another internal organ pushes through an opening in your ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 80 years old, still work full-time and have generally good health, except for adult-onset asthma. Advair 250/50 was prescribed for me over 10 years ago, and I’ve been taking it ...

Hiatus hernia or hiatal hernia is a condition where the upper part of the stomach protrudes into the chest cavity through an opening (hiatus) in the diaphragm. The diaphragm is a sheet of muscle that ...

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 ...