Former Atlanta resident and "Saturday Night Live" star Kenan Thompson is speaking out for the first time since his diagnosis with gastroesophageal reflux disease.

OUR KIDS WERE NINE AND 12, AND DURING THE COURSE OF HIS TREATMENT, WHICH WAS PRETTY PUNISHING, HE HAD A RADICAL SURGERY WHERE THEY TOOK OUT HIS ESOPHAGUS, PULLED UP HIS STOMACH AND RECONNECTED IT.

Barrett's esophagus occurs when the lining of the esophagus, the tube that runs from the throat to the stomach, is inflamed. Up to 1.6% of the general population have Barrett's esophagus.

Doctors at Huntsman Cancer Hospital removed the 36-year-old woman’s real stomach less than two weeks ago, a preventive ...

That unexplained morning bloating or stomach discomfort might have less to do with what you ate and more with how you slept.

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a long-term immune system disease that causes inflammation to your esophagus, the tube that connects your mouth and stomach. Scientists think this may happen when ...

Barrett's esophagus (BE) is a condition in which part of the normal esophageal squamous epithelium is replaced by a metaplastic columnar epithelium as a result of chronic gastroesophageal reflux.

Background and Aim: Barrett's esophagus has been associated with the presence of hiatal hernia; however, to date no meta-analysis of the relationship has been performed. We aimed to conduct a ...

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a rare inflammatory disease of the esophagus, the tube that connects your mouth to your stomach. If you have EoE, a type of white blood cell known as an ...

"The stomach loves acid, it helps with digestion. The esophagus, the swallowing tube, hates acid," LaPook, who is a gastroenterologist at NYU Langone Health, explained. "Fortunately, there's a ...

Overall cancer mortality rates decreased for men, women and children in the U.S. between 2018 and 2022, according to the National Cancer Institute’s “Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of ...