A new study, published in the journal Science, reveals how millennia of human migration across Pacific islands led to the ...

Modern laparoscopic surgery has revolutionized hernia treatment, offering quicker recovery, less pain, and minimal scarring.

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Swarms of wild pigs in California developed blue flesh after ingesting pesticides containing rat poison — and officials warned other common game animals may also be infected. The feral hogs in ...

Wild pigs in California were exposed to a blue-dyed rodenticide, causing some of their tissue to turn blue. The rodenticide, diphacinone, was likely ingested directly or indirectly through other ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Pinellas County Animal Services has issued SPCA Tampa Bay a citation for animal cruelty based on alleged treatment of a pig for two weeks this past July. According to ...

Animal rescue volunteers found more than 400 guinea pigs at a South Los Angeles home, living in “unsanitary and overcrowded” conditions. Now they’re asking the public to help foster or adopt some of ...

Suki Waterhouse recently said that she got a hernia from wearing tight pants. This is far from the only surprising way people can develop a hernia. The health issue needs to be corrected with surgery.