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What Causes Heartburn? I’ll explain.

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

What is heartburn?
Heartburn is misconceived. In actuality, heartburn has nothing to with the heart. The heartburn you feel after eating is actually caused by stomach acid aggravating the esophagus. You see, at the bottom of the esophagus is a valve which, helped by our friend gravity, keeps stomach acid where it belongs. When […]

Crohn’s Disease Explained

Friday, October 12th, 2007

This is a disease caused by the repeated (chronic) inflammation of the lining of the intestines. Most of the time, this inflammation causes ulcerations (which are breaks in the lining) in the small and large intestines, though it can affect any part of the digestive tract (from mouth to anus).
Some symptons of Crohn’s disease […]