An emergency room physician at the Timmins and District Hospital in Timmins, Ont., had an “aha” moment while helping a man ...

PPIs are powerful medicines that prevent the acid-secreting cells in your stomach from making stomach acid. Even if a person ...

Identifying the cause of a chronic cough can be life-saving. Here we talk to five people with very different reasons for ...

Bile reflux gastritis (BRG) is a gastro-intestinal condition especially characterized by the reflux of bile into the stomach, further leading to mucosal inflammation along with various other clinical ...

I am a 71-year-old male in good health. I read your recent column on the use of proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs). About eight years ago, I was hospitalized for 10 days due to a severe case of ...

Recently, a new procedure came to HCA Florida Fort Walton Destin Hospital, giving patients a shot at a better life, and Webb was the first in the area to receive it.

St. Charles Hospital, 200 Belle Terre Road, Port Jefferson will hold a free patient education seminar on acid reflux in the ...

For days, she dealt with the nagging pain. One day, she and her daughter went to the mall, and Caprario decided to run up and down the stairs to try and relieve the discomfort. On other days, she ...

Dr. Chris Loreto, a seasoned emergency room physician in Canada, realized he was having a heart attack only after treating a ...

Though you should be getting all the vitamins you need from a balanced diet, your doctor may recommend these supplements.

A new study from Washington University in St. Louis has found that long-term use of popular heartburn medications may lead to serious kidney problems, including kidney failure. The drugs in question ...