Iron supplements can interact with common medications. It's important to know which medications to avoid taking with iron and how to space them apart properly.

Acid reflux drugs like Omeprazole, taken by millions of people in the UK every day, may trigger migraines, according to research from the USA. American scientists found that people who take ...

Background and aims The authors' goal was to measure pH at the gastric surface (pH o) to understand how acid secretion affects the repair of microscopic injury to the gastric epithelium. Methods ...

No matter your age, it doesn’t hurt to be aware of foods that may cause heartburn. But that knowledge could be particularly handy if you are in or approaching menopause—as the sensation can become ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 74-year-old woman who is active and healthy. I recently had an endoscopy, and the findings were a hiatal hernia of about 5 centimeters with some inflammation. I have been having ...

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Despite the scene in Friends where Joey develops an agonizing hernia, not all hernias are painful. A hiatal hernia, which affects 50 percent of adults over age 50, won’t often directly cause pain. But ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a healthy 64-year-old man. I got a terrible rash from poison ivy and needed to be put on prednisone. After a few days, I started having terrible hiccups. They’ve been going on for ...

Turmeric has many health benefits, including lowering blood sugar and thinning the blood. These benefits may become negative side effects if they mimic medications you're taking, like blood thinners ...