For years, Akia McDowell had been told she had gastroesophageal reflux disease, a common – yet unpleasant – digestive disorder in which stomach acid backs up into the esophagus. Then, one day in early ...

Sponsored FOY G-POEM Procedure Helps Patients Eat Foods They Love Sunil Amin, M.D., a gastroenterologist at UHealth, the University of Miami Health System, explains what gastroparesis is and how a ...

CLEVELAND – University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center is one of five institutions nationwide performing a novel scarless procedure that restores swallowing function in some patients with achalasia ...

When Pramila Kavar first held her son Neeraj in her arms, everything seemed perfect. He was a healthy baby, feeding well and growing normally in their small village of Chinchore in Maharashtra’s ...

SAVANNAH, Ga., Oct. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A United Digestive physician has successfully completed the first Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) procedure in Savannah, Ga. Daniel K. Mullady, MD, a ...

A 14-month-old child from Nashik district, suffering from a rare condition that made swallowing nearly impossible, has recovered after undergoing a complex Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) procedure ...

Sven Hida, MD, a gastroenterologist who recently joined Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center, performed the hospital's first peroralendoscopic myotomy procedure, according to HealthCanal. Here are five ...