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Treating Acid Reflux in Infants

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Over half of all infants experience the effects of acid reflux disease during the first three months after they are born. The symptoms they exhibit can include vomiting, spitting up, irritability, coughing, bloody stools, and not wanting to eat. The majority of infants do not experience anything mor

What Do I Make for Dinner For a Person With Acid Reflux?

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Figuring out what to make for a dinner to give a person with acid reflux can be a challenge. There are many foods that disrupt the digestive system, irritate the stomach and cause heartburn. While you can't necessarily eliminate everything in food that causes acid reflux, you can include certain dis

What Can You Eat After a Stomach Virus?

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A stomach virus causes very uncomfortable symptoms and makes you feel very sick. Your natural inclination is to stop drinking and eating anything until your stomach settles down. If you have been losing fluids through diarrhea and vomiting, however, you have to replace them so you do not become dehy

Not All Leaking Bile Ducts Are Bile Leaks

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A patient presents with persistent bilious drainage from a percutaneous right upper quadrant abdominal drain placed 1 month ago during an open cholecystectomy. Extensive bile leak or something else?

HOme Cures for a Stomach Virus

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Several viruses, including the norovirus or the rotavirus, can affect a person's stomach. The illness is more serious for babies and the elderly, who are unable to increase their fluid intake without assistance from others. Symptoms of a stomach virus include throwing up, diarrhea and nausea.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Children

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While irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, mostly affects adults, children are also prone to getting the disease. This chronic digestive disorder has several symptoms that are similar in both adults and children. IBS has no cure, but there are treatments to relieve or eliminate symptoms in children. IB

FDA OKs Remicade for Kids With Crohn's

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The FDA has approved Remicade (infliximab) to treat children with active Crohn's disease, a chronic, inflammatory condition of the bowel that can be severely debilitating.

Chronic Constipation May Signal Serious Disorder

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Ongoing constipation in adults could point to problems including ischemic colitis, colorectal cancer, gastric cancer, and diverticulitis, according to a new study. WebMD explains.

The Changing Landscape in Hepatitis B

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Nancy Reau, MD, reviews the latest thinking regarding the management and clinical evaluation of patients with chronic hepatitis B, as based on data presented at DDW 2007.

Are Cucumber Seeds Bad for Digestion?

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Cucumbers are a popular vegetable prepared and eaten in many ways all over the world. There are myths surrounding consuming cucumbers and digestive problems, but cucumbers are a wholesome, nutritious addition to any diet. Though their seeds are slightly diuretic, promoting urine flow and stimulating

How to Get Rid of a Bloated Stomach Fast

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Certain foods and water retention can bring on bloating and tightness around the mid-section. Consider ways to remedy this common problem and ward off a bloated stomach.

Fighting Acid Reflux With Prilosec

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Prilosec is the trademark brand name for omeprazole, an antacid drug that suppresses or decreases the amount of gastric acid secreted in the stomach. Prilosec is used for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), including duodenal and gastric ulcers.

Two Heartburn Remedies That Work Every Time

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Heartburn remedies don't have to cost you very much money, and certainly shouldn't require a visit to the doctor. Because there are simple natural things -- old remedies -- that people have used with great effect for many years. They are virtually free and you may even have them in your ho