Gastroenterology

Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week will be observed Dec. 1–7, which makes this a good time to learn about the risk factors for developing these disorders.

Researchers [...]

A new Mayo Clinic study finds 1 in 6 people with pancreatic cancer harbor inherited genetic mutations.

Identifying hereditary gene mutations in pancreatic cancer can help [...]

November is Stomach Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about treating stomach cancer.

More than 26,000 people in the U.S. will [...]

"It's not a particularly common cancer," says Mark Truty, M.D., a surgical oncologist at Mayo Clinic. "The lifetime risk of pancreatic cancer for any given patient [...]

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm in my late 50s and was recently diagnosed with pancreatitis. My symptoms came on suddenly. My wife is concerned my symptoms may [...]

Excessive alcohol use is one of the two leading causes of acute pancreatitis, and a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says deaths [...]

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is one of the most common digestive disorders in the world.

It happens when acid comes up from the stomach, which is [...]

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mother recently was diagnosed with diabetes, but due to abdominal pain and other issues, her doctor suspects she might have pancreatic cancer. [...]

Stomach cancer, also called gastric cancer, is an abnormal growth of cells that begins in the stomach. It can affect several areas of the stomach, [...]

Barrett's esophagus is a condition in which the lining esophagus becomes damaged by acid reflux, which causes the lining to thicken and become red. Over [...]

LONDON — Mayo Clinic Healthcare, an outpatient clinic that provides personalized health care including specialty care such as cardiology, gastroenterology and pulmonary medicine, second opinions, advanced [...]

November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. A diagnosis of cancer may feel devastating. And pancreatic cancer is the least survivable cancer of all known cancers. That's [...]