Family fights to keep emotional support pig Health officials are threatening to take away Lucy the pig because of a New York City law that doesn't allow pigs to be kept as pets.

At issue was a 2018 ballot initiative that bans the sale of bacon and other pork products in California unless the pigs are housed in larger pens.

In a first step toward FDA approval of kidney xenotransplantation, a living human with end-stage kidney disease may receive a pig organ as soon as this summer as part of a clinical trial program ...

Should Lucy the pig be able to stay with her Staten Island family? The 15-year-old Pygmy pig is at risk of being removed from her Tottenville home.

Incisional hernia is an important complication of abdominal surgery. Procedures for the repair of these hernias with sutures and with mesh have been reported, but there is no consensus about which ...

Gen X, millennials are about three times more likely than their parents to be diagnosed with appendix cancer, study finds ...

Upper part of the stomach: a hiatal or hiatus hernia is caused by the upper part of the stomach pushing out of the abdominal cavity and into the chest cavity through an opening in the diaphragm.

Find out more about the average diagnostic medical sonographer salary and learn where the best-paying metropolitan areas are for a diagnostic medical sonographers across the country.

Separation and Analysis of Fetal-ECG Signals From Compressed Sensed Abdominal ECG Recordings Abstract: Objective: Analysis of fetal electrocardiogram (f-ECG) waveforms as well as fetal heart-rate (fHR ...

Appendicitis occurs when the appendix becomes inflamed and filled with pus. It can cause many symptoms. Treatment usually involves surgery and antibiotics.

Upper stomach pain can mean gas, indigestion, or stomach viruses. More severe causes can include appendicitis, gallstones, bowel obstruction, or peptic ulcers.

The abdominal cavity contains the digestive tract (small and large intestines), kidneys, and adrenal glands. The pelvic cavity contains most of the urogenital system and the rectum.