Acid reflux and heartburn can be more than uncomfortable—over time, they can be dangerous. Here's how to reduce discomfort ...

HealthDay News — In a clinical guideline issued by the American College of Gastroenterology and published in the January issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology, recommendations are ...

Bart Frazzitta was told he had a 5% chance of surviving esophageal cancer. Twenty-five years later, he's still here and ...

The digestive system comprises several organs, all working in concert to turn the food you eat into energy. But sometimes, illness or injury can lead to a digestive disease that threatens your ...

In a remarkable medical achievement, an 86-year-old man presented to Manipal Hospital Vijayawada with a long-standing history ...

barium swallow and finally 24-h esophageal pH monitoring. A positive concordance of three or more tests was taken as the gold standard. Conclusions: A combination of OCT, endoscopy and histology ...

Conversely, supragastric belching occurs when the esophagus immediately releases the air before a person swallows it, and it enters the stomach. Both aerophagia and supragastric belching can ...

The airway includes the trachea, which leads to the bronchi and lungs. The opening that leads to the esophagus and stomach sits near the entrance to the trachea. When the air is pushed into the mouth ...

VCD treatment may also include breathing exercises. Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic allergic/immune condition of the esophagus (the tube that moves food between the mouth and the stomach).

Background and Aim: Barrett's esophagus has been associated with the presence of hiatal hernia; however, to date no meta-analysis of the relationship has been performed. We aimed to conduct a ...

The following is a summary of “Solid-state esophageal pressure sensor for the estimation of pleural pressure: a bench and ...