Approximately 600 times a day, the esophagus ferries whatever is in your mouth down to your stomach. It's usually a one-way ...

Left upper quadrant pain (LUQ) is felt on the left side of the upper abdomen. It can caused by conditions like GERD, stomach ...

Approximately 600 times a day, the esophagus ferries whatever is in your mouth down to your stomach. It’s usually a one-way route, but sometimes acid escapes the stomach and travels back up.

PAWTUCKET – The city has become the poster child for this year's election controversies, with allegations by Common Cause Rhode Island of recurring "violations of the Voting Rights Act," months ...

This can cause cells to replicate rapidly and inactivate proteins that suppress tumors, said Denise Galloway, scientific director of the Pathogen-Associated Malignancies Integrated Research Center ...

In this light, proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) play two important roles for managing patients with esophageal eosinophilia. First, they can be used to exclude peptic injury as a cause for this ...

Hong Kong aviation investigators say an engine problem that caused Cathay Pacific to ground its entire fleet of Airbus A350 jets for inspection earlier this month could have escalated into ...

Sometimes even stress and anxiety or a lack of physical exercise might be the cause. Many people describe low back pain or sciatica as a tight muscle or back spasm. Back spasms may feel mild—like a ...

Background/Aim: To determine the roles of gastroesophageal acid reflux (GER) and esophageal dysmotility on typical and atypical GERD symptoms. Methods: Two hundred thirty-six patients (159 females ...

Insomnia occurs when you’re unable to get the sleep you need to feel refreshed. Causes range from stress to chronic health conditions. Treatments include therapy, medications, or lifestyle changes.

All-cause mortality means death due to any cause. The term is commonly used in medical research where it is often expressed as the total number of deaths that occur within a specific timeframe and ...