Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center (EMRMC) recently achieved reaccreditation from Surgical Review Corporation (SRC) as ...

A ventral hernia is a bulge of tissues through an opening of weakness within your abdominal wall muscles. It can occur at any location on your abdominal wall. What is a ventral hernia? A ventral ...

Incisional hernias can develop after abdominal surgery. They happen after up to 15 to 20 percent of abdominal operations involving incisions. Certain factors may increase or decrease your risk for ...

What Is an Inguinal Hernia? An inguinal hernia is when tissue from inside your abdomen (your belly) pokes through a weak spot in your muscles. Your abdominal muscles protect organs such as your ...

Hernias occur when an organ or fatty tissue protrudes through a weak spot or opening in the surrounding muscle or connective tissue. Hernias can cause discomfort and may require medical intervention.

You get a hernia when an organ or fatty tissue squeezes through a weak spot in a surrounding muscle or connective tissue called fascia. Hernias often happen where the belly wall is weaker, such as in ...

The Member of Parliament for Ho East, Juliet Azumah says a team of medical experts have visited the Adaklu Anyigbe District of the Volta Region to assess the wide scale incidence of hernia in the ...

Hernias occur when an internal organ protrudes through a weakened area in muscle or tissue. Recent studies suggest a potential predisposition to hernias among individuals of Indian descent, making ...

When Fergie sang about "lovely lady lumps," she certainly wasn't talking about hernias. But that's exactly what they are (def not lovely tho)—little bulges that occur when an internal organ pushes ...