Try these self-help suggestions to help ease heartburn and other symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux (GER), which are often related to diet and lifestyle.
gastrointestinal
Gastro-oesophageal reflux: what causes it?
In gastro-oesophageal reflux, the lower oesophageal sphincter is weakened or relaxes when it shouldn’t, allowing stomach acid to flow up into the oesophagus. This can cause symptoms such as heartburn.
Exercise improves fatty liver
Exercise on its own can achieve reductions in liver fat in people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, even if a person doesn't lose weight, a study has found.
Pancreatic cancer
Each type of pancreatic cancer requires different treatment and has a different outlook for survival. The most common type is pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
Liver and alcohol breakdown
Your liver is the main place in your body where alcohol is broken down. See what happens to the alcohol you drink.
Bowel Cancer Overview
Bowel cancer – the second most common type of cancer affecting both men and women in Australia – is cancer that starts in the large bowel (colon) or rectum.
Bowel cancer causes and symptoms
In its early stages, bowel cancer often has no noticeable symptoms. Some factors increase the chance of developing bowel cancer.
Achalasia
Achalasia is a disorder in which food and drink does not pass normally through the oesophagus and enter the stomach, but becomes stuck or comes back into the mouth. Symptoms of achalasia may take years to develop.
Diverticular disease and diverticulitis
Diverticulitis happens when out-pouchings in the bowel wall called diverticula become inflamed or infected, due to faecal matter becoming lodged in the pouches.
Coeliac disease
Coeliac disease is a condition caused by an abnormal immune response, or sensitivity, to a dietary protein known as gluten. Gluten is found in wheat, rye and barley.
