In the findings shared by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), researchers found that visceral fat — which is hidden deep within the abdominal cavity and surrounds internal organs ...

For clinicians, dietitians, and researchers, these findings offer a new framework for evaluating weight-loss success—one that considers not just how much fat is lost, but what kind of fat is lost and ...

These organs may have had significant roles in the past ... Sometimes, an inflamed appendix ruptures and releases its contents into the abdominal cavity. A person with a ruptured appendix may develop ...

Up to 90% of abdominal surgeries result in adhesions -- abnormal scarring that ties together organs and tissues. A gel has now been shown to prevented adhesions in mice and pigs.

who capture images of the abdominal cavity as well as nearby organs like the kidney, liver and pancreas; and breast sonographers, who capture images of breast tissue that could confirm the ...