Original Medicare and some Medicare Advantage plans will cover hernia surgery when necessary. As with other types of surgery, different parts of Medicare may cover certain aspects of care.

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 ...

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 ...

We hope you'll never need to know this—but in case symptoms of a hernia ever creep up, a Cleveland Clinic surgeon reveals when to act. Benjamin Miller, MD, is a board-certified general surgeon at the ...