After about 16 hours or more of fasting with not even a drop of water/hydration, the human body tends to go into a ...

Q. I woke up a few weeks ago unable to catch my breath. It is a scary feeling, and I was freaked out. Fortunately, my wife had an albuterol inhaler handy that she uses for asthma. That seemed to solve ...

Yellow or greenish-vomit is usually a sign that you are throwing up bile. Bile is a digestive fluid produced by the liver. Throwing up yellow bile could indicate a potentially serious medical concern ...

*Dose registered for erosive esophagitis and gastroesophageal reflux disease. iv.: Intravenous; NA: Nonavailable. Alex Mejia, MD, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Division ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65(24):2347-2357. Administer medications via the oral route when possible. Determine the enteral feeding tube size (e.g., small bore or large bore), insertion site (e ...

Silent reflux, also known as laryngopharyngeal reflux, doesn’t cause any symptoms. However, complications can include long-term throat irritation, scarring, ulcers, and increased risk for certai ...

Constipation describes infrequent bowel movements (three times a week or less according to the Rome III criteria), or those that are hard to pass. Constipation is a symptom that has a range of ...

Peptic ulcer disease is a common digestive disorder in which acid and digestive enzymes cause the lining of the stomach or the first part of the small intestine (duodenum) to erode. A peptic ulcer ...

This article describes a new multifunctional oral cavity simulator (MOCS) that allows, with little technical support and easy handling, the laboratory development of dental hard tissue lesions under ...