Q: I am a 64-year-old male in good health, although I have a bit of a gut in the middle. My issue is that I have developed an umbilical hernia that looks like a large “outie.” It is not very ...

(Reuters Health) – - Many men experience sexual dysfunction or pain during sexual activity after groin surgery to repair a hernia, a research review suggests. The authors analyzed data from 12 ...

Nearly 90% of the most common type of hernia repair surgery was performed in men over the course of the five-year study Women were more likely to get two lesser known types of hernia surgery TUESDAY, ...

Age-related increases in estrogen may be the reason why inguinal hernias are common among older men, new research with rodents suggests. Inguinal hernias occur when soft tissue — often part of the ...

Oct. 16 (UPI) --An age-related increase in estrogen may lead to a common form of hernia that often requires corrective surgery, according to a study of mice. When researchers reduced estrogen with a ...

An age-related increase in estrogen may be the culprit behind inguinal hernias, a condition common among elderly men that often requires corrective surgery, according to a Northwestern Medicine study ...

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I am a 70-year-old male with a large inguinal hernia on the right side. I have consulted two different surgeons, and both ...

Q: I have an inguinal hernia. Do I need to have it repaired? If so, what will the procedure involve? A: An inguinal hernia occurs when part of the intestine bulges through a weak spot in the abdominal ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – There are over one million hernia surgeries every year in the U.S. alone, and 800,000 of those are to treat the most common type – an inguinal hernia. They affect ...

I am a 70-year-old male with a large inguinal hernia on the right side. I have consulted two different surgeons, and ...