But after a couple of years of work, xMEMS has arrived at the next generation — ultrasound through a solid-state speaker. This tiny, 1mm-thin speaker is called Cypress, and after listening to it ...

Roach: I am a 74-year-old woman who is active and healthy. I recently had an endoscopy, and the findings were a hiatal hernia of about 5 centimeters with some inflammation. I have been having ...

An incisional hernia may occur because surgery has weakened the abdominal wall. Umbilical hernias, which usually only appear in babies, occur because the abdominal wall just behind the naval ...

“A hernia is essentially a hole in the abdominal wall through which something, such as bowel or bladder, protrudes,” says Dr. Miller. This occurs when there is an opening or a weakened area in the ...