PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A very simple act that we do day in and day out to stay alive was literally choking one Northeast Philadelphia woman. But she says a procedure done at Temple Health changed her ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A second endoscope was useful for ensuring a complete gastric myotomy during peroral endoscopic myotomy, or POEM ...

COOPERSBURG, PA. (WPVI) -- Most of us look forward to meals. Every year, thousands of people develop an unusual condition that can take the joy out of eating. For 30 years, Jack Svoboda had problems ...

Manipal Hospital, Vijayawada, has completed 200 Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) procedures for patients suffering from Achalasia Cardia, a rare swallowing disorder of the esophagus. To commemorate ...

Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy, an endoscopic procedure used to treat achalasia, is also an effective therapy for a variety of esophageal motility disorders, according to research published in Surgical ...

Achalasia is an uncommon but debilitating disorder, with an estimated incidence of 1.63–4.0 per 100,000 people. Diagnosis relies on high-resolution ...

LEXINGTON -- Since about 2010, Brian Rice has had a difficult time keeping food down. He mostly ignored it, and would just re-swallow again and again to get food and liquid down his throat. But in ...

David Cournoyeris actually happy he is gaining weight. The 57-year-old North Attleboro, Mass., resident sees it as a benchmark of success after undergoing a per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM), a new ...

Peroral endoscopic myotomy is highly safe and effective for at least 1 year for the treatment of achalasia and outperformed previous efficacy estimates, according to study results. Haruhiro Inoue, MD, ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Imagine if you felt like you were going to choke every time you ate food or drank liquid? That's what people with a condition called achalasia have to deal with daily. Now ...

A very simple act that we do day in and day out to stay alive was literally choking one Northeast Philadelphia woman. But she says a procedure done at Temple Health changed her life. New Release: Farm ...