Venous disease once considered a problem of older adults is emerging as a health concern for young professionals due to ...

Up to 40% of adults in the United States have chronic venous insufficiency, a condition in which veins in the legs don't function properly, preventing blood flow back to the heart. Miguel F. Manzur, ...

The “open vein hypothesis” postulates that early thrombus clearance and restoration of venous blood flow may prevent postthrombotic syndrome after proximal deep vein thrombosis. Since its proposal ...

Acid reflux at night can be triggered by lying flat, which reduces the effect of gravity in moving food and acids through the digestive system. Treatments include over-the-counter medications, ...

Many people use the two terms interchangeably, but heartburn and acid reflux are not the same thing. In fact, heartburn is a symptom of acid reflux, a condition in which stomach acid sneaks back up ...

BBC Morning Live's Dr Punam Krishan says people taking proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) such as omeprazole for ailments including heartburn, acid reflux and indigestion need to be careful. Across the UK, ...

GERD may cause a number of different symptoms, but not all of them have to be present in any particular case. Chest pain in the form of heartburn is a symptom of GERD, but chest pain can also occur ...

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) and chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) both affect your blood vessels and prevent your body from getting the oxygen-rich blood that it needs. The difference between the ...

Correspondence to Dr Kazim H Narsinh, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; kazim.narsinh{at}ucsf.edu Pulsatile tinnitus is a debilitating symptom affecting millions ...

Gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, is a digestive disorder in which the stomach's contents flow back into the esophagus.

Diabetes can cause gastroparesis, which slows down how the stomach empties food. GERD occurs when stomach acid backs up into the throat, causing discomfort. Diabetic enteropathy can cause nerve damage ...