Stomach ulcers—along with those of the upper intestine—affect between 5–10 percent of Americans at some point in their lives.

The average American consumes 4,500 calories on Thanksgiving. Even if it's not a holiday, here are tips to feel better after eating too much.

Viral gastroenteritis (stomach flu) can make it difficult to eat or drink, but simple items like bananas, toast, crackers, ...

The gallbladder plays a role in digestion by secreting bile to help digest fats after meals. Problems with the gallbladder are often related to gallstones. They can cause biliary colic (gallbladder ...

Dr. Heidi Leftwich, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist at UMass Memorial Health, said she has gotten many more questions about acetaminophen from some of her pregnant patients in recent weeks. The ...

The FDA issued a warning this week after health officials discovered that a cat who became ill and had to be euthanized was likely infected by the same strain of bird flu that was discovered in raw ...

A survivor is sharing the colorectal cancer symptoms she missed in the hopes of helping others. About 150,000 Americans are diagnosed annually with colorectal cancer, which occurs when cells in the ...

Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager had an appendectomy Thursday after experiencing abdominal pain during a game the previous night The surgery was done in Texas after the team had traveled to ...

Two people are dead after they contracted a flesh-eating bacterium eating raw oysters in Louisiana, a state health official said. The deaths were due to Vibrio vulnificus, a bacterium that is ...

A rare illness that's started spreading across the US has sparked a warning from experts. Sufferers experience a range of symptoms, including itching, swelling and stomach pain, after eating animal ...