Good News for IBS Sufferers
With these blood tests, proper treatment can begin much sooner. If you’re unlucky enough to…
Digestive
Guide to Soothing Stomach Problems for a Healthier, Happier Tummy!
Ever heard the phrase “an army marches on its stomach”? That refers to keeping soldiers…
What’s Really Causing Your Gas and Bloating?
7 hidden triggers of GI distress… Ugh! Here comes another gas attack. Or maybe it’s…
Home Cure for Diarrhea
Diarrhea is a common condition that is often caused by overeating…a bacterial, viral or parasitic…
Popular OTC Heartburn Drug Could Give You a Heart Attack
Quick relief from acute heartburn and its chronic cousin GERD is a good thing. But…
Quick and Natural Constipation Cure
It happens. You had a few days of careless eating or stress or inactivity and…
Don’t Let Them Tell You Gluten Intolerance Isn’t Real
You may have been told that unless you have the autoimmune disorder celiac disease, you’re…
Red Wine Is Good for Your Gut
Recent study: Men who were given two glasses of red wine (a total of nine…
Acupressure for a Stomachache
Ouch. Where’d that tummy ache come from? It’s just painful enough to distract you from…
When Omeprazole Fails for GERD, Endoscopic Fundoplication Is an Option
The use of drugs for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has more than doubled in the…
Bottom Line Guide: Best Ways to Manage Your GERD
If left untreated, GERD can cause serious health problems. On the other hand, the drugs…
The Jekyll-and-Hyde Bacteria
Is This Microbe Helping You or Hurting You? Doctors have long been prescribing antibiotics to…
A Quick-Step Fecal Transplant Pill for C. diff Diarrhea
You may have heard of a gross but highly effective technique for treating certain gut…
Melatonin for Indigestion
Bottom Line/HEALTH: Everybody knows about melatonin for sleep, but we did an article recently about…
Do You Have a Gallstone and Not Know It?
Take these steps to avoid surgery… You probably don’t give much thought to your gallbladder—that…
Flax Cocktail
Do you need to get more fiber in your life? It’ll help you with you-know-what.…
Delicious Homemade Drinks for Better Digestion
Oh, our poor digestive tracts! One of the biggest threats is antibiotics, which kill off…
Guide to Drug-Free Heartburn Relief
Heartburn isn’t funny, especially if you’re the one suffering. You know all too well that…
A Pinch of This Cures Heartburn
When you think of all the things you eat or drink that can cause heartburn,…
Better Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors for Bleeding Ulcers
The drugs called proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are rife with dangerous complications, but I’ll admit…