Crohn's disease in a type of inflammatory bowel disease. It can involve any area of the digestive tract, from the mouth to the anus, but most commonly affects the last area of the small intestine, ...

HOUSTON -- A woman was forced to ask her doctor an unimaginable question: where's my belly button? "I went in with the belly button and I'd like to know what you did with it? What happened to it? Did ...

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Medical Minute: Gallbladder Belly Button Surgery Before, if you had to get your gallbladder out, you had two options, a big incision or four small ones. Now, a new surgery is available that entails ...

Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO An outie belly button is mainly a cosmetic issue and doesn't usually need treatment.Umbilical hernias are a common cause of outie belly buttons and may ...

The Valley is a hot spot for plastic surgery, Scottsdale in particular. And while the top cosmetic surgical procedure here is breast augmentation, many people are having a little tweaking done on a ...

DALLAS – Aug. 23, 2007 – Surgeons specializing in laparoscopic procedures at UT Southwestern Medical Center have successfully removed a patient’s kidney by performing a unique nephrectomy entirely ...

HOUSTON — A Houston woman was shocked when she went into surgery for a tummy tuck to remove her "baby pooch" and came out without a belly button. "I went in with the belly button and I'd like to know ...

HOUSTON -- A Houston woman was forced to ask her doctor an unimaginable question -- where's my belly button? "I went in with the belly button and I'd like to know what you did with it? What happened ...

Unfortunately, it can be more complicated that just sliding the surgical steel hoop out of its naval hole. If the piercing has been infected or the skin is permanently stretched, you could be left ...