Ronmel Rangel had no health insurance. When the estimated cost of his hernia repair exceeded $20,000, he was able to save ...

A small bulge in the groin is often ignored because it may not cause pain at first. However, it could be a sign of a hernia, a common condition that should not be left untreated. While some hernias ...

When surgeons dug into a man’s groin to repair a painless bulge, they made the unexpected discovery of a living, 10-inch-long (26 cm) worm snug in his abdomen. Adding to the oddity, the man told the ...

For the past two years, 52-year-old South Sudanese timber dealer John Tom Ladu had endured severe pain from an abnormal groin swelling that left him too exhausted to work.

Around the end of last year, Ronmel Rangel, 63, began to feel a familiar discomfort in his lower abdomen. Twenty-five years earlier, while living in his native Venezuela, he had undergone surgery to ...

Olivia Smoliga Skips Nationals After Appendix Removal Finds Hernia. The Olympic medalist will continue to recover.

Medical device manufacturer Medtronic went on trial on Wednesday in the first case to reach a jury out of thousands of lawsuits by people who claim they were injured by defective hernia-repair mesh ...

Ate Gay shared that doctors recently found a lump near his neck and that he has since undergone treatment. On Facebook, the comedian revealed that the lump was found below his neck, near his shoulder, ...

Actress and presenter Lisa Faulkner has said she had to have surgery because she was diagnosed with the early stages of breast cancer. The EastEnders and Holby City actress, 54, revealed that she ...

Liv Shaw, 29, has a rare genetic condition that increases the likelihood of developing cancer, and she met her husband Sam through fundraising Liv Shaw/Cancer Research UK Liv Shaw, 29, lives with ...

“Beat down the damn door and advocate for yourself,” Kelly Gunn urges others after her breast cancer diagnosis Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for PEOPLE on the Health team. She joined the brand in ...