A sigmoid septum occurs when part of the heart muscle expands and blocks a pathway blood uses to leave the heart’s left side. It often does not cause symptoms and has links to aging. The heart ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

A colonoscopy technique involving repeat intubation of the sigmoid colon significantly improves detection of adenomas compared with conventional colonoscopy evaluations, new research showed. “After ...

Abdominal pain, bloating, and constipation are common symptoms of bowel obstruction. Partial bowel obstruction symptoms may come and go for days or weeks before worsening. Intussusception in children ...