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I am a 74-year-old woman who is active and healthy. I recently had an endoscopy, and the findings were a hiatal hernia of about 5 centimeters with some ...

The major symptom of a hiatal hernia is acid reflux, which is stomach acid that goes backward into the esophagus.

As the first bird flu death in the U.S. sparks concern over the ongoing spread of the virus, epidemiologist and microbiologist Meghan Davis explains what to know and do ...

— The flu, caused by influenza viruses that are always changing, leads to fever, chills, cough, sore throat, runny nose, body ...

The FDA recently updated the definition of "healthy" on food labels. The change reflects updates in nutrition science since ...

DHM is a flavonoid that is being marketed as a hangover remedy. However, DHM's effectiveness remains unproven. Early studies ...

The rational litigant model adopted by law professor Sean Farhang and others argues that plaintiffs will sue if the lawsuit ...

More medical schools say they will no longer charge tuition, in hopes that more students, graduating free of debt, will ...

Internationally, the definition of a standard drink varies. But in the U.S. and Canada it’s defined as 0.6 fluid ounces or ...

A new study explored why some aging brains look older than others. Here's what the research says—and how you can keep your ...