In this week's Moves in Medicine, Temple Health doctors look at an uncommon, but very serious condition call diaphragm paralysis. It can easily be repaired, if it is diagnosed in the first place.

Gas that suddenly shows up as shoulder pain can feel confusing and even a little scary, especially when it hits after a meal ...

Medically reviewed by Soma Mandal, MD Key Takeaways Heart failure is the most common cause of orthopnea, which is difficulty breathing when lying down.COPD can lead to orthopnea due to lung ...

A hiatal hernia is an enlarged opening in your diaphragm, the dome-shaped muscle that contracts when you breathe. Organs in your belly push through this opening and into your chest. There are two main ...

A hiatal hernia occurs when a small portion of the stomach pushes upward through the diaphragm, a sheetlike muscle that separates the lungs from the abdomen. Usually this doesn't cause any symptoms, ...

Ariana asks: I have been experiencing extreme abdominal cramping when I run, also an unusual shortness of breath and an inability to move my legs. [I run] a 5k distance and usually the first mile or ...

WASHINGTON, June 9, 2020 -- Benchtop tools for studying the respiratory system misrepresent the interdependence between the diaphragm, abdomen and lungs. Meanwhile, computational models often hide the ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. We previously presented a single case of CDH with homolateral limb deficiency in 2001 (ref. 7), but wish to present this additional case ...