Matthew Perry is heading home after spending three months in the hospital following gastrointestinal surgery Maria Pasquini is the senior news editor for the human interest vertical at PEOPLE. She has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Matthew Perry was hospitalized for a gastrointestinal perforation this week. Here’s what that means. (Getty Images). Matthew Perry ...

The microbiome refers to all the microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, archaea) that live within and on the body. Research has found differences between the gut microbiota of individuals with certain ...

Surgical care has undergone a steady yet powerful transformation over the past decade, driven by rapid advancements in medical technology. Among these, robotic surgery has emerged as a major milestone ...

Matthew Perry is still healing from a gastrointestinal perforation that left him bedridden for three months Emily Strohm is a Senior Editor at PEOPLE. She has been at PEOPLE for 11 years and has ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in America. The UAB Department of Surgery's Division of Gastrointestinal ...

Healthgrades recently released its rankings of the top hospitals for gastrointestinal surgery. To determine the rankings, Healthgrades used Medicare patient outcome data from the CMS provider analysis ...

Healthgrades picked 100 hospitals for its “America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Gastrointestinal Surgery” list, released Jan. 17. Healthgrades’ Gastrointestinal Surgery Excellence Award acknowledges ...

Black gastrointestinal cancer patients are more likely than white patients to receive substandard surgery for treatment of the disease, a study published April 4 in JAMA Network Open found.