Word: esophagus
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...other heartburn remedies are all that are necessary to settle your stomach. But if you suffer from regular bouts of acid indigestion, you may need more than just a drugstore fix; you could have a more serious condition called gastroesophageal reflux disorder, or GERD, which can severely damage the esophagus and even predispose some people to throat cancer...
Called "internal body carriers" by the Drug Enforcement Administration, mules can carry up to one kilo of cocaine or heroin in their intestines. Before ingesting the drugs, they fast for several days, then swallow cooking oil for lubrication. Next, the oblong packets are placed in their esophagus with pliers and shoved down their throat. If a condom rips or is corroded by stomach acid during a long flight delay, the drugs burn, slowly, through the internal organs. On arrival the mules are taken to a hotel room by gang members and given large doses of laxative. "The most I have...
...like this!" A surgeon told of resorting to his pocketknife to amputate the leg of Daina Bradley. Sue Mallonee, an epidemiologist, explained the injuries seen in pictures shown to the jury: dozens of lacerations on Fred Kubasta's back; the severed jugular vein, carotid artery and esophagus of Polly Nichols (miraculously, she lived...
...muscles in the esophagus and throat needed for swallowing are extremely important, as weak muscles may lead to choking or vomiting...
Executives have raided health-care programs too. Roger and Sharon Lindsay of Palatine, Illinois, discovered just that last March, on the day before one of their 20-month-old triplets underwent major surgery to correct a defective esophagus. "They put out the deception that everything was fine with the insurance because they kept deducting from our paychecks," says Roger Lindsay, who worked as a salesman for the Regina vacuum-cleaner company, which is under new management. But the previous owners had failed to pay the premiums that were due on Lindsay's medical policy for his last four paychecks, allowing...