Feeling the burn? That painful sensation in your chest or throat — acid reflux, or gastroesophageal reflux disease when ongoing and disruptive — isn’t intractable. Lifestyle and dietary tweaks can ...

Have you ever experienced heartburn or the feeling of fluid in your throat? These are classic symptoms of acid reflux. The term “GERD” stands for Gastro (stomach) Esophageal Reflux Disease, a ...

PORTAGE—Gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, and gallbladder disease are two common disorders. Knowing which one you have may be trickier than you think. Symptoms may be vague, such as a dull ...

Biliary reflux is difficult yet important to distinguish from acid reflux in order to ensure proper treatment. Patients with GERD can present with heartburn, regurgitation, and atypical chest pain, ...

Yellow vomit means you are throwing up bile, often when your stomach is empty. Frequent yellow vomit might be a sign of ...

Turmeric is often used in traditional medicine to treat various symptoms, including gastrointestinal issues. But there is conflicting research on its value for acid reflux. Turmeric has been used as ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 67-year-old female in pretty good health. The only medications I take are for my thyroid, arthritis and hormone replacement. Early last year, I was sick with a cold/flu for a ...

SAN DIEGO — A novel bile acid sequestrant helped improve heartburn and regurgitation in patients with persistent GERD who continued receiving proton pump inhibitors, according to study results ...

Could lithocholic acid, a compound produced when gut bacteria process bile, be the missing link between a low-calorie diet and its age-defying effects? Experiments in mice, flies and nematode worms ...

In medicine, treatment goals set by physicians might differ from patient priorities. Although normalisation of laboratory parameters is a target supported by outcomes data, patient perspectives ...

(Bloomberg) -- Johnson & Johnson is withdrawing a device to treat debilitating acid reflux disease from markets outside the US, a move surgeons warned would set back the available treatment options ...