For people like me who can’t or don’t want to receive hormone therapy treatments for menopause symptoms, alternative medicine like acupuncture can be a viable option for relief. As my symptoms ...

Strain or exertion can cause femoral hernias to emerge suddenly. Pain in the upper inner thigh may indicate a femoral hernia, since this type of hernia doesn’t always cause a lump. Femoral ...

An epigastric hernia occurs when an abdominal muscle weakness allows the peritoneum (the lining of the abdominal cavity) and abdominal fat tissue to push through the muscle wall. Epigastric hernias ...

A sports hernia, medically known as athletic pubalgia, is a soft tissue injury resulting in the strain or tear of the muscles, tendons, or ligaments of the groin area in athletes. Sudden changes in ...

Albuquerque Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine is a local clinic specializing in treating complex chronic illnesses such as neuropathy and auto-immune disease. Doctor Andrea Brogdon leads this ...

Hernia mesh can cause serious complications that may require revision surgeries. Thousands of hernia mesh victims have already filed lawsuits to pursue justice for their injuries. For over 45 years, ...

Whereas traditional Chinese medicine is considered a standardized version of the type of Chinese medicine practice before the Chinese Revolution, Oriental medicine is a catch-all phrase for the styles ...

What Is an Umbilical Hernia? An umbilical hernia is a lump that appears when part of your intestines or other tissue sticks out through your abdominal muscles near your navel. It looks like a ...

Listed below are some of the most commonly used abbreviations (and their titles) in the acupuncture and Oriental medicine profession. If you know of another title or organization that should be on ...

Hernias are a common medical condition, affecting over five million people in the United States, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. When someone has a hernia, it means an organ or ...

The NHS undertakes 100,000 hernia repair operations a year. Here, Gordon Hull, 33, a strategy adviser who lives with his wife in East London tells us about having a hiatus hernia operation ...