Obesity plays a crucial role in how severely blood vessels are damaged—and this depends on where excessive fat accumulates in the body. This is the finding of a research team from the German Center ...

A blood clot, or thrombus, is a collection of blood cells that forms inside a blood vessel, impeding blood flow. Rarely, a blood clot may form in the abdomen. Doctors refer to this as mesenteric ...

Mesenteric ischemia, or small bowel ischemia, involves a blockage of blood flow to the small intestine. Symptoms include pain and bloating. It often results from blood clots or atherosclerosis.

A worse killer than cancer, high blood pressure each year causes the death of countless thousands of its estimated 6,000,000 U.S. victims. Last week a reassuring new manual for laymen reported that ...

While an abdominal bulge might appear to be a setback for body look, it actually indicates the presence of fat deep within ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising brain-based trigger for high blood pressure, tracing it to a small region in the ...

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 ...

Abdominal pain is one of the most common reasons people visit a doctor, yet it is also one of the most ignored symptoms .