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81. 11 Meal Planning Tips to Prevent Heartburn
    

    If you're one of the 15 million Americans experiencing heartburn every day, there's more to discouraging the discomfort than avoiding certain foods and beverages. Heartburn relief also has to do with the timing and size of your meals, says The American College of Gastroenterology, which is why plann

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82. Living with GERD and Food Intolerances: Trudy McCulloch's Story
    

    I didn't know I had food intolerances until I was in my 30s. I'd had trouble with my digestion since birth. As a baby I had a lot of gas and would often get diarrhea. My mother thought it was because I was a preemie. Those stomach problems eased by the time I was 6 months old, and I was relatively h

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83. Embarrassing Conditions
    

    It's happened to everyone at least once. In an awkward silence on a date, or during your fifth grade clarinet solo, or in the middle of a business presentation, your body suddenly betrays you. You burp. Or your stomach begins to growl and roar. Or worst of all, you have -- to put it delicately -- an

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84. 10 Tips to Ease Heartburn Triggered by Medications
    

    You're taking medications for heart disease, or an anti-inflammatory drug for arthritis, or a cancer drug, and you know these drugs are helping. But every time you take your medication, it seems like the cure is worse that the condition. Painful heartburn flares up, from your stomach to your throat.

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85. Chronic Constipation: Facts vs. Myths
    

    Constipation, the most common digestive complaint in the U.S. population, can make life miserable. Not only does constipation make you feel bloated, headachy, and irritable, but relieving constipation -- especially long-term or chronic constipation -- is time consuming and expensive. Each year in th

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86. Crohn's Disease: 54 Tips to Help You Manage
    

    Crohn's disease, an inflammatory bowel disease affecting 500,000 Americans, can overwhelm your daily life. Day-to-day living is especially difficult if you suffer chronic symptoms like frequent diarrhea, gastrointestinal bleeding, anal tears, or bowel obstructions. Fortunately, treatments for Crohn'

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87. Combination of Therapies Offers Help for IBS
    

    If you -- like more than 50 million Americans -- suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), you know all too well the symptoms of the disorder: abdominal bloating, gas, cramps, diarrhea, and/or constipation. IBS is a functional disorder one which has no anatomical or structural abnormalities. While

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88. No More Heartburn
    

    By Lisa Collier New Treatments, from Easy At-Home Tricks to an Amazing 20-Minute Hospital Fix   Yesterday, 15 million Americans were miserable. That's how many women and men get heartburn every single day. Over the past month, some 60 million people experienced either the main symptom — a severe bur

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89. Severe Heartburn? It May Be GERD
    

    You thought you have a simple case of heartburn, but lately, after adding a few inches to your waistline, it's more than that: a frequent feeling of pain under your breastbone; the faint taste of acid on the back of your tongue; trouble sleeping a few times a week; and problems swallowing. It happen

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90. Travel Tips: Don’t Vacation With Heartburn
    

    For people with heartburn, vacations have many perils: unusual foods, irregular meal times, and our very human urge to overindulge. "When people are on vacation, they eat a lot, they drink a lot, and they don't sleep much," says David Carr-Locke, MD, director of endoscopy at Brigham and Women's Hosp

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