Word: esophagus
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stomach acid. Works best when taken for several days. RISKS: Stomach pain, mild rash, constipation. Can mask more severe problems such as gallstones or a narrowing of the esophagus. Increased the risk of developing pneumonia 89% in a recent study of elderly patients (presumably because the acids in the stomach were no longer strong enough to kill pneumonia-causing germs...
Sometimes the reason for the initial inflammatory cycle is obvious - as with chronic heartburn, which continually bathes the lining of the esophagus with stomach acid, predisposing a person to esophageal cancer. Other times, it's less clear. Scientists are exploring the role of an enzyme called cyclo-oxygenase 2 (COX-2) in the development of colon cancer. COX-2 is yet another protein produced by the body during inflammation...
First comes Halloween, then, as any parent of a trick-or-treating child can tell you, comes indigestion. But sometimes what passes for a stomachache can be something far more serious: gastro-esophageal reflux disease, or GERD. Well known to adults as heartburn, this disorder of the stomach and esophagus can also strike children, especially if they eat large quantities of chocolate, peppermint or spearmint candies. These treats tend to open up the valve between the esophagus and the stomach and allow food mixed with acid to pass back into the food pipe, causing the uncomfortable burning sensation...
DIED. ROBERT KARDASHIAN, 59, lawyer who helped win the acquittal of O.J. Simpson on murder charges; of cancer of the esophagus; in Encino, Calif. A close friend of Simpson's since the 1970s, he initially stood by the former football star--even housing him in the days after the 1994 murder of Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman--but later publicly expressed doubts about his innocence. "The blood evidence," he told ABC, "is the biggest thorn in my side...
...definitely doesn’t get much more sophomoric than the cut “Burping and Farting,” on which Barman raps, “Gas burps from fast slurps and come back in blast / chirps through the esophagus / It smells like a sarcophagus...