Esophageal cancer is a tumor that forms inside the esophagus. This tube starts in the back of the throat, goes through the neck and connects with the stomach in the abdomen. The wall of the esophagus ...

Your lower esophageal sphincter (LES) is a muscular ring that connects your esophagus with your stomach. It relaxes to let food pass through but otherwise stays closed to prevent stomach acid from ...

The 2021 attack, which was captured on surveillance video, left Nafiah Ikram disfigured and suffering from vision loss.

The cohort responsible for tackling doping at the Winter Olympics were confronted with a most unusual question on Thursday: what are their thoughts on those athletes said to be artificially increasing ...

‘If anything was to come to the surface we’d look at it’ During its 26-year history the World Anti-Doping Agency has faced thousands of questions about athletes using illicit substances. Thursday, ...

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WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady this week at a meeting overshadowed by a Trump administration criminal investigation of U.S. central bank chief Jerome Powell ...