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GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) is a common, wide-spread, chronic condition affecting about 20% of the population. GERD is where acid from the stomach is refluxed (belched) upwards into the esophagus (food pipe). The main symptom is a burning pain in the upper stomach or lower chest, also called “Heart-Burn”. An occasional episode of reflux is …
Bacterial infections often go unnoticed if they are small and the body generally sorts it out without needing any help by way of treatments, as with a case of mild food poisoning. But a new discovery published in Science suggests that past history of these minor bacterial infections add up a chain of events with …