NEW YORK, Dec 29: Whether it’s the chili cheese dog you devoured at a tailgate, a large meal you ate too quickly, or ...

Doctors (and Google) have encouraged people prone to heartburn to avoid caffeinated drinks, chocolate, spicy foods and citrus ...

If you experience it more than twice a week, you may have gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). If you regularly experience acid reflux, certain lifestyle and dietary changes may help.

Heartburn is caused by acid from the stomach flowing backwards up the oesophagus - the food pipe that leads from the mouth to the stomach. Occasional heartburn causes just an unpleasant taste in ...

Remember "Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is"? Well, heartburn drugs have changed a lot since that TV jingle became popular. Americans spent $6 billion on the acid-reflux drug Nexium ...

Because you're taking a risk with any operation, you should consider surgery for acid reflux or GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) only after other treatments don't work, and when there's a ...

Feeling the burn? While heartburn is something a lot of people experience, there's also confusion around what causes it and what will make it go away. (Getty Creative) Maybe it was the chili ...

While heartburn — whether occasional or chronic — is something many people have experienced, there's still a lot of confusion about what it is, what causes it and the best way to treat it.

Whatever the cause, heartburn — that burning sensation in your chest, often after eating — can be pretty miserable. It’s also very common. According to the American College of Gastroenterology, ...