Using a novel, medication-based approach, a new Northwestern Medicine study successfully reversed existing inguinal hernias in male mice and fully restored their normal anatomy without surgery.

If the hernia is bulging out of the abdominal wall (a direct hernia), the bulge is pushed back into place. If the hernia is going down the inguinal canal (indirect), the hernia sac is either pushed ...

Even after surgery, these hernias recur in 10 to 15% of men. Using a novel, medication-based approach, a new Northwestern Medicine study successfully reversed existing inguinal hernias in male ...

Using a novel, medication-based approach, a new Northwestern Medicine study successfully reversed existing inguinal hernias in male mice and fully restored their normal anatomy without surgery. Even ...

Engaging in physical exercise, especially strength training like weightlifting can raise the risk of an inguinal hernia, that ...