Word: esophagus
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ALCOHOL Cirrhosis of the liver isn't the only damage alcohol does: it can also lead to cancers of the mouth, larynx and esophagus. The report links drinking with liver and breast cancer as well...
...list of health problems either caused or exacerbated by alcohol abuse includes a broad range of organs and systems from the heart and liver, to the stomach, esophagus, and mouth...
Whatever you do, don't make yourself throw up. "Vomiting on an empty stomach--which is usually the case with a hangover--can create potentially dangerous tears in the esophagus," says Dr. Robert Swift, an alcohol researcher at Brown University. He recommends Pepto-Bismol if you're feeling nauseated...
...prone to lower-bowel problems like diarrhea, probably because blood rushes from the intestine to hardworking leg muscles. Weight lifters and cyclists, for their part, tend to suffer from heartburn. Why? Because tensing abdominal muscles or hunching over the handlebars can cause stomach acid to rise into the esophagus...
...cigar magazines, cigar dinners and cigar charity auctions to remind you. What they don't emphasize--but what doctors have known for a while--is that smoking cigars on a regular basis significantly increases your risk of developing emphysema as well as cancers of the lung, lip, throat and esophagus. Last week the New England Journal of Medicine added to that grim list, reporting that cigar smoking also boosts your risk of heart disease...