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Heartburn & Reflux For Dummies

Heartburn & Reflux For Dummies


By Carol Ann Rinzler, Ken DeVault, MD

ISBN: 978-0-7645-5688-3
Format: Paper
Pages: 360 Pages
Pub. Date: June 2004

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Price: $19.99
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Introduction.

Part I: Naming Your Pain.

Chapter 1: Picturing Heartburn and Reflux.

Chapter 2: Tracking Your Digestive Tract.

Chapter 3: Cataloging the Symptoms and Hazards of Heartburn, Reflux, and GERD.

Chapter 4: Rating Your Reflux Risk.

Part II: Eating Your Way to Relief.

Chapter 5: Meeting Your Nutrition Needs.

Chapter 6: Fine-Tuning Your Diet.

Chapter 7: Reviewing Home Remedies, Alternative Approaches, and Herbal Healers.

Part III: Treating Your Middle.

Chapter 8: Finding the Right Doctor.

Chapter 9: Examining Your Esophagus and Testing Your Tummy.

Chapter 10: Prescribing Relief.

Chapter 11: Avoiding Problem Pills.

Chapter 12: Exploring Surgical Options.

Part IV: Creating a Comfortable Lifestyle.

Chapter 13: Building a Better Body.

Chapter 14: Healing Heartburn with Healthy Habits.

Chapter 15: Stressing Stress Relief.

Chapter 16: Fashioning (and Furnishing) a Comfortable Life.

Part V: Meeting the Special Cases.

Chapter 17: Handling the Heartburn of Pregnancy.

Chapter 18: Finding Heartburn in Infants and Children.

Chapter 19: Taking Aim at Senior Heartburn.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 20: Ten or So Heartburn and Reflux Myths.

Chapter 21: Ten Heartburn Web Sites.

Chapter 22: Ten Sometimes Painful, Often Annoying, but Almost Never Fatal Digestive Disorders.

Glossary.

Index.

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