Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) causes heartburn and discomfort. Learn its symptoms, triggers, treatments, and how to ...

When you swallow, the food moves down your esophagus — the pipe that connects your mouth to your stomach. A muscular gate called the lower esophageal sphincter opens to let the food move into ...

Over 28 acupressure points may help with stomach pain. These include baohuang (Urinary Bladder 48 or BL48), fushe (Spleen 13 or SP13), wailing (Stomach 26 or ST26), yuji (Lung 10 or LU10).

Alcohol, caffeinated drinks, and sodas may worsen symptoms. Acid reflux, or heartburn, occurs when stomach acid flows back into a person’s esophagus. It is common for people to experience acid ...

Silent reflux is a condition in which stomach acid flows back into the esophagus and irritates the throat. Dietary and lifestyle changes, including eating smaller meals, may relieve symptoms.

A number of cases in a gastric illness outbreak in the Wellington region are connected to swimming pools, health authorities say. Te Whatu Ora says there are now 32 cases of cryptosporidiosis in ...

Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Microbiology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Nutrition and Animal Health, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing ...

Acid reflux treatments typically reduce stomach acid secretion, which can help prevent and alleviate complications such as regurgitation (when stomach contents flow back into the throat or mouth) and ...

Gastritis and acid reflux are two common conditions that affect the stomach and esophagus. Gastritis is inflammation of the stomach lining, while acid reflux, also known as gastroesophageal reflux ...

A 2023 study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology found that fasting alters gastric acid secretion. Whether this worsens or improves acid reflux depends largely on the foods ...

Until then, the condition had been attributed to stress or excess gastric acid secretion, which did little to help cure the condition. Warren was a pathologist, and having identified bacteria in ...