The phrenic nerve controls the diaphragm, the dome-shaped muscle that is primarily responsible for breathing. Contraction of the diaphragm expands the lungs and draws air into them. The phrenic nerve ...

A hiatal hernia is when part of your stomach or another organ slips through a hole in your diaphragm, the parachute-like organ above your stomach. Mild hiatal hernias often don’t cause symptoms, while ...

Sarah Gonzalez was just 13 weeks pregnant in 2018 when she received "terrifying" news during a routine ultrasound. Her unborn baby, whom they planned to name Sullivan, or "Sully," had a congenital ...

The retrospective cohort study used demographic, clinical, and outcomes data from the Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Study Group registry to investigate the role of biological sex for babies with CDH ...

Sarah Murnaghan had the procedure at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. In a post on Facebook her mother, Janet, said Sarah was now out of surgery and said her doctors told her it "went well." Later ...

Art Chandler, 68, was enjoying his retirement when he received his fourth cancer diagnosis: lung cancer. It was January 2023, and about a month after he’d had back surgery to alleviate pinched nerves, ...

A teenager who was born with a life-threatening birth defect has returned to the hospital where he was treated to share his ...