Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Barrett's esophagus occurs when the lining of the esophagus, the tube that runs from the throat to the stomach, is inflamed. Up to 1.6% of the general population have ...

It’s the nature of the beast,” says Lt. Andre LaFontaine, Emergency Medical Services coordinator for the Lowell Fire ...

When my symptoms first began, I tried drinking water and not eating to avoid the horrible reflux. That didn’t work, so I ...

A multi-site study, backed by an $8 million NIH grant, will evaluate the effectiveness of Lucid Diagnostics' EsoCheck and ...

Esophageal cancer affects the esophagus lining, causing swallowing difficulty and chest pain. Learn what symptoms to look for ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Several months ago, I developed a case of a bigeminy heartbeat. My cardiologist prescribed metoprolol. At ...

CDx Diagnostics today announced that in the continued evolution of the WATS3D test as a tool in the fight against esophageal cancer, Dr. Sidney Olefson of Prima CARE, a leading healthcare practice ...

but it sometimes causes damage to the esophagus in the form of esophagitis, ulcers, difficulty or pain when swallowing, strictures (narrowing), esophageal spasm, and Barrett's esophagus which may ...

Cambridge’s Cyted Health, a gastrointestinal molecular diagnostics company, has enrolled the first patients in the DETECT-ME clinical validation study (NCT06803927).

Barrett's esophagus usually develops in the context of chronic gastroesophageal reflux. Presumably, the repeated exposure to acid and bile in the refluxate induces tissue injury in the lower ...