The POEM procedure is performed to treat the swallowing disorder known as achalasia. Achalasia is a disorder of motility in the esophagus in which the esophagus has lost its normal ability to move ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A very simple act that we do day in and day out to stay alive was literally choking one Northeast Philadelphia woman. But she says a procedure done at Temple Health changed her ...

For years, Akia McDowell had been told she had gastroesophageal reflux disease, a common – yet unpleasant – digestive disorder in which stomach acid backs up into the esophagus. Then, one day in early ...

When you chew and swallow a hamburger or apple, you expect the food to travel to your stomach without pain or much ado. But when the esophagus doesn’t properly squeeze food down — and the lower ...

In a major advancement for gastrointestinal care in the region, NMC Specialty Hospital, Abu Dhabi, has successfully performed a cutting-edge procedure to treat achalasia, a rare and progressive ...

A 14-month-old child from Nashik district, suffering from a rare condition that made swallowing nearly impossible, has recovered after undergoing a complex Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) procedure ...