WITHIN a month during the past spring we had the unusual experience at the Beverly Hospital of caring for 2 patients with spontaneous rupture of the esophagus. Although this condition is not a medical ...

Vomiting, or throwing up, is a forceful discharge of stomach contents. It can be a one-time event linked to something that doesn’t settle right in the stomach. Recurrent vomiting may be caused by ...

A 37-year-old man with a history of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and chronic alcohol use was found collapsed at home after a possible 48-hour period. Shortly after initial mobilisation by emergency ...

ONLY 7 documented cases of the spontaneous disappearance of gallstones are recorded. 1 It is most unlikely that this is in fact such a rare phenomenon. It is of particular interest, however, to know ...