Acid reflux 101: Common causes, symptoms and treatments

Acid reflux 101: Common causes, symptoms and treatments

Maybe it’s the middle of the night, you wake up coughing, choking.  

Or perhaps you are at work, you have a big, greasy meal for lunch, and all of a sudden you feel a burning, stabbing, incessant pain in your chest.  If these scenarios do sound familiar, you could be one of the 15 million Americans who suffer from heartburn and acid reflux daily.  

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Anxiety disorders: Treatments and tips for coping

Anxiety disorders: Treatments and tips for coping

Everyone experiences anxiety from time to time – it is a normal human emotion, after all.  We feel nervous or anxious at work, before a big exam or when making crucial decisions in our life.  

For some, however, anxiety goes beyond being just a passing feeling. Instead, it causes such great distress that affects their ability to live a normal life.  This is when anxiety becomes a disorder.

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