CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook broke down what to know about serious acid reflux on "CBS Mornings Plus" Tuesday. "The stomach loves acid, it helps with digestion. The ...

It’s an embarrassing problem not many like to discuss at the dinner table. Yet so many of us suffer from persistent symptoms of bloating and diarrhoea, that we bat it away with a catch-all “Irritable ...

“It was pretty graphic and bad.” After Jessica Wozniak experienced stomach cramping for months, doctors found that she had Stage 4 colon cancer. While she slowly began feeling better, she ...

 The researchers also found this microbe in higher numbers within stool samples of colon cancer patients ... from the mouth through the stomach, withstand stomach acid and then grow in the ...

Alcohol, caffeinated drinks, and sodas may worsen symptoms. Acid reflux, or heartburn, occurs when stomach acid flows back into a person’s esophagus. It is common for people to experience acid ...

Silent reflux is a condition in which stomach acid flows back into the esophagus and irritates the throat. Dietary and lifestyle changes, including eating smaller meals, may relieve symptoms.

Weeks after grappling with norovirus, Jessica Wozniak’s stomach felt off ... “(The doctor) says, ‘Yeah, you have two masses in your colon that are cancerous,” she recalls.

A healthy stomach contains acid for the digestion of protein-based foods such as meat, fish and eggs. Traditionally, indigestion is often thought to be related to the overproduction of acid in the ...

Some drugs that neutralize stomach acid, such as famotidine, which President Donald Trump is taking, are associated with reduced severity, but others, such as Prilosec, correlate with higher infection ...

Colon cancer is increasingly affecting younger generations, with many cases being aggressive and diagnosed late. A woman's severe stomach pain was initially misdiagnosed, leading to a stage 4 ...

“It was pretty graphic and bad.” After Jessica Wozniak experienced stomach cramping for months, doctors found that she had Stage 4 colon cancer. While she slowly began feeling better, she never ...