Call it what you like: Beer belly, protruding gut, spare tire orother creative names. What you’re referring to is the visibleconsequence of the omentum. Often described as a “fatty apron,” the omentum ...

Look down. See any belly fat? The answer should be yes, for everyone — because that fat pad isn’t just sitting there quietly. Some of it is actually part of an organ called the omentum. And the ...

Ovarian cancer often goes undetected for a long time. In seven out of 10 patients, the tumor has already formed secondary ...

Having my omentum removed after an ovarian cancer diagnosis impacted my quality of life. In 2016, 15 months after my cancer diagnosis, and nine months after completing chemo, I went on my first work ...

Ovarian cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer, a type that usually remains undiagnosed for a while in many ...

Troy Randall, an immunologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, is the omentum guy. He thinks the “apron of fat” that hugs your abdomen doesn’t get enough attention — while we’re all ...

The omentum is a curtain of fatty tissue that hangs down from our stomach and liver and wraps around the intestines. A push to renew research into an understudied gut organ is gaining momentum. The ...

The quirkiest organ in the human body may be a large sheet of fat that stretches over the intestines, liver, and stomach like an elastic apron. Sometimes called the "policeman of the abdomen," the ...

I'm 44, had a second child a year ago, and I've lost all my baby weight. At 5 feet, 1 inch tall, I weigh about 133 pounds but still have a big stomach. I've dieted, work out hard with cardio, sculpt ...

The quirkiest organ in the human body may be a large sheet of fat that stretches over the intestines, liver, and stomach like an elastic apron. Sometimes called the 'policeman of the abdomen,' the ...