The Happy Tummy

No internet in all of Tuscany. In train station now headed to Milan. Will blog more then. Surely the land of Dolce & Gabbana has interne...

By: Sylvia McGrath IBS affects one in five adults and more than one out of every ten visits to the doctor's results in receiving this di...

We’ve all heard about adults suffering from acid reflux disease, and it is in fact fairly common, but reflux is actually commonly suffered b...

Found this great posted question from someone with GERD... Hi everyone! This is my first post, but I have been reading all of yours and it h...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) refers to two disorders — Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis — marked by inflammation of the intest...

Ulcerative colitis wears away at the inner lining of the rectum and colon, often leaving ulcers. Although it's a chronic condition, ther...

While excessive weight and obesity can lead to serious problems down the road, new studies also indicate that they can be responsible for mo...

Cantonese Chicken Ingredients * 1 pounds chicken, breast * 1 cup(s) celery * 1 cup(s) water chestnuts, canned * 14 1/2 ounce...

Helpful hints to ease your symptoms and aid healing It's Not Spicy Foods or Stress For nearly 100 years, scientists and doctors thought ...

THE FACTS It is an odd adage that has stuck around for ages: women who suffer heartburn during pregnancy will have babies with full heads of...

(WebMD) People who are overly anxious or refuse to slow down during a bout of food poisoning or other infection-related gastrointestinal ill...

Many irritable bowel syndrome sufferers first develop symptoms of IBS during their teenage years. Symptoms like stomach pain, diarrhea, cons...

Your doctor will be alert for other symptoms, such as frequent nonburning chest pain, bleeding into the gastrointestinal tract, dysphagia (d...

Click here for a great IBS article on Health blog.

A number of gastrointestinal diseases can cause nonspecific symptoms similar to those of IBS. Fortunately, each has its own special characte...