One of the areas that stomach cancer patients are worried about is the function of the stomach responsible for 'the pleasure ...

A dangerous stomach condition is silently affecting millions of Americans, often developing for years without obvious symptoms until serious complications emerge. Atrophic gastritis represents one of ...

Various cells in the stomach secrete digestive enzymes and hydrochloric acid. These substances break down food so the body can absorb nutrients. The stomach is a muscular organ in the upper abdomen ...

Nausea, abdominal pain and feeling full after eating small portions of a meal could indicate your stomach is having problems emptying food you’ve eaten. With normal stomach function, contractions of ...

Based on: Human Gastric Function: An experimental study of a man and his stomach. By Stewart Wolf, M.D., and Harold G. Wolff, M.D. With a foreword by Walter B. Cannon ...

Standard-of-care procedures for treating patients with middle- and high-body gastric cancer include total and distal gastrectomy; however, these procedures have been associated with decreased quality ...

A shy, proud, slight (105 lb.) man, known professionally as Tom, is the owner of one of the strangest stomachs in existence. This stomach was the subject last week of a book (Human Gastric Function; ...

—The impact on insulin sensitivity and stabilized β-cell function was similar despite more weight loss with surgery, but also transient. Reviewed by Clifton M. Jackness, MD, Adjunct Clinical Assistant ...