ROME — Pope Francis was hospitalized Friday for the fourth time since being elected in 2013, after he was diagnosed with ...

From digestive conditions to more serious health concerns, discover why medical experts emphasize the importance of not ignoring blood in your stool.

Medically reviewed by William Truswell, MD Clubbed nails, also known as digital clubbing or Hippocratic fingers, describe a ...

Bloating – that unpleasant feeling of fullness or swelling in the abdomen that can leave you feeling like a balloon that ...

Sometimes bronchitis can lead to pneumonia, a deeper and far more serious infection of the lungs’ air sacs. Francis said he ...

The Vatican says that Pope Francis is in “fair condition” at a hospital with a respiratory tract infection and is running a ...

The doctor warned that 'too many people have this' illness right now, as the NHS reports high numbers of cases in hospitals ...

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a combination of digestive symptoms, including ...

Increased size of one or more lymph nodes. Most are in the neck. Also, includes swollen lymph nodes in the armpit or groin It's larger than the same node on the other side of the body Normal nodes are ...

Ulcerative Colitis UC is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that can lead to frequent bloating Read on to learn its causes ...

(Photo Credit: FERNANDO DA CUNHA/Science Source) These are the most common cause of swollen salivary glands. Salivary stones are buildups of crystallized saliva deposits. Sometimes, salivary ...

Unfortunately, many adults' small intestines never fully recover from the damage inflicted by celiac disease (children with celiac disease generally do make a full recovery). But the good news is that ...