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What Is Low Turnover?
Low turnover means a company has a relatively small number of employees leave during a given period relative to the employees hired or employed at the start of that period. Typically calculated as a percentage of total employees on an annual basis, company turnover data offers a glimpse at recruitin
What Causes Acid Reflux? Discover Exactly How it Happens
What causes acid reflux and what are the risk factors of getting it? In this article, I'll show you exactly how acid reflux manifests itself and also how to treat it.
Acid Reflux Pillow is a Simple Effective Solution to Prevent Gastric Acid Back Flow
So you have a bit of heartburn? Chest feel like it is on fire? Have that horrid taste of bile backing up into your throat? Well, you just might be one of the many living with GERD or gastroesophageal reflux disease. While you are looking for a solutions to your stomach pain, one of the inexpensive s
Digestive Disorders Medical Reference
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New Advances in Pancreatic Imaging
This review discusses new advances and how they're improving the ability to diagnose malignancies and inflammatory lesions, grade disease severity, and stage pancreatic cancer accurately.
MRE vs. CPRs for Noninvasive Diagnosis of Fibrosis in NAFLD
Compared to clinical prediction rules, does magnetic resonance elastography provide a significantly higher accuracy for the diagnosis of advanced fibrosis in NAFLD patients?
November 2002: It's Fall Conference Time Again
The Editor highlights key meetings in gastroenterology and hepatology.
Fructose in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
What does the latest research tell us about the possible connection between fructose intake and the potential development of NAFLD?
About Projectile Vomiting
Virtually everyone has vomited at some point or another. It's usually caused by an illness or overindulgence in food or drink; your body, via such signs as nausea and retching, lets you know that it doesn't like what it has in its stomach. Unlike with normal vomiting, however, no other signs are ass
Establishing a Diagnosis of Eosinophilic Esophagitis
What is the optimal number of biopsy fragments that clinicians need in order to establish a morphologic diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis?
How a Chiropractor Can Help Reflux
Sufferers from heartburn and acid reflux will know the pain it causes. Babies and young children also often sufffer from reflux. A Chiropractor can help to alleviate the symptoms of reflux by realigning the spine and allowing the digestive system to work properly.
Definition of Ascites
The article contains a definition of Ascites for the general public, with information about the symptoms, types, causes, treatment and some history of Ascites. It also connects the reader with a well-known organization that researches Ascites.
What Are the Causes of Mid-Cycle Bleeding?
Regular menstrual periods, though necessary, can be annoying and inconvenient; however, if you are experiencing break-through bleeding in the middle of the period, this only ups the ante. No woman wants to be bleeding twice as much as she's supposed to. Furthermore, those unexpected bursts of blood
Does Stress Cause Stomach Cramps?
Stress is remarkable in its ability to cause or alter physical pain and diseases, and not for the better. Psychological stress can aggravate conditions such as migraine headaches, high blood pressure, diabetes--so, yes, stress can make your stomach hurt, along with other parts of your body.
Celiac Disease vs. 'Gluten-Sensitive'
It’s not unusual for people to say they feel much better after dropping gluten from their diet, even though they don't have celiac disease, digestive experts report.
Gallstones
Find WebMD's comprehensive coverage of gallstones/gallbladder problems, including medical reference, news, pictures, videos, and more.
Chewing Gum May Prevent Heartburn
Chewing gum after meals may not only freshen your breath, but it could help fight acid reflux and heartburn symptoms.
Autoimmune Liver Disease
Heiner Wedemeyer, MD, and Michael Manns, MD, report the latest on autoimmune liver disease from the European meetings.
Hypomagnesemia Induced by Proton Pump Inhibition
What types of potential complications can present in some patients prescribed proton pump inhibitors? This new study takes a look.
What Causes Crohn’s Disease?
The exact cause of Crohn’s disease is unknown, but theories suggest it has genetic, environmental, and immunological origins. WebMD explores what we know about the potential causes of Crohn’s disease.