Blood in vomit signals a digestive emergency requiring immediate attention. Learn the causes, severity indicators, and steps ...

Aster Cedars Hospital and Clinic, Jebel Ali, a part of the leading integrated healthcare provider – Aster DM Healthcare, has once again demonstrated ...

Discover how the temperature of your meals impacts digestion and learn which temperatures work best for optimal digestive ...

Ghrelin was released from explants of the crop, proventriculus, and duodenum tissues in vitro. The expression of GHRL, along with that of ghrelin O-acyltransferase (GOAT) and growth hormone ...

Most new cases were reported among men, adults aged younger than 40 years, American Indian or Alaska Native persons and rural residents. The rate of new annual cases fell 30% from 2016 to 2023 ...

Chronic acid reflux is a common term for GERD. This backflow, also called acid reflux, can irritate the esophagus lining and cause a range of symptoms that over time can really impact a person’s ...

Less heartburn. When swallowed, the extra saliva from gum chewing may help to neutralize acid in the esophagus, leading to fewer heartburn symptoms, said Dr. Aditi Stanton, a gastroenterologist in ...

OUR KIDS WERE NINE AND 12, AND DURING THE COURSE OF HIS TREATMENT, WHICH WAS PRETTY PUNISHING, HE HAD A RADICAL SURGERY WHERE THEY TOOK OUT HIS ESOPHAGUS, PULLED UP HIS STOMACH AND RECONNECTED IT.

Barrett's esophagus (BE) is a condition in which part of the normal esophageal squamous epithelium is replaced by a metaplastic columnar epithelium as a result of chronic gastroesophageal reflux.