Abdominal pain is discomfort anywhere in your belly region between your ribs and your pelvis. We often think of abdominal pain as “stomach pain” or a “stomachache,” but pain in your abdomen could be coming from other organs too. Your abdomen is home to your: Stomach. Liver. Gallbladder. Pancreas. Small intestine. Large intestine.   These […]

GERD (chronic acid reflux)? GERD (gastro esophageal reflux disease or chronic acid reflux) is a condition in which acid-containing contents in your stomach persistently leak back up into your esophagus, the tube from your throat to your stomach. Acid reflux happens because a valve at the end of your esophagus, the lower esophageal sphincter, doesn’t […]

 What is stomach cancer? Stomach cancer (also called gastric cancer), cancer cells usually begin on the inner lining of stomach walls and then penetrate deeper into the stomach walls as the cancer develops. Stomach cancers are classified according to the type of tissue they start in. Adenocarcinomas: The most common start in the glandular stomach […]