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Maryann Oakley was enjoying the new bliss of motherhood after giving birth to her twin girls in 2017 when she received ...

ABSTRACT: In the search for suitable drugs for onchocerciasis, 17 synthetic thiazolidinone derivatives (TZDs) were screened for activity against the worm stages of Onchocerca ochengi, which cause the ...

Volvulus happens when the intestine twists around itself and can cause extreme pain and bowel obstruction. A healthcare provider can use imaging tests like a CT scan or X-ray to diagnose volvulus.

Musical artist Maurice Gibb died in 2003 from a bowel obstruction (blockage), which was caused by a twisted section of his intestine called volvulus. Symptoms include abdominal pain, swelling, severe ...

The month of June highlights Men's Mental Health Month, and as we close out the month, News 9 wants to introduce a young man who has not only beaten cancer twice, was in the hospital for eight months ...

The death of a 12-year-old girl at an NHS hospital was preventable, a coroner has ruled. Rose Harfleet passed away at Royal Surrey Hospital in Guildford after visiting the emergency department the day ...

We present filaria-nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which is based on amplification of first internal transcribed spacer rDNA to distinguish three parasitic filarial species (Onchocerca ...

The young woman was no stranger to gut issues. But now the pressure in her abdomen had become an emergency. By Lisa Sanders, M.D. The 22-year-old woman almost wept as the long line of passengers ...

The following is a summary of “Effect of the timing of endoscopic detorsion on clinical outcomes in patients with sigmoid volvulus,” published in the January 2025 issue of Gastroenterology by Aminov ...