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81. Top Digestive Health Stories of 2008: Readers' Choice
    
    Your stomach. You can’t live without it, but why does it cause you so much trouble? Readers who wanted to know made this the top story of 2008. Here are the other topics included among the 10 most viewed digestive stories on WebMD for 2008. 9 Surprising Facts About Your Stomach Burps, Gas, Growling:
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82. Queasy? Crampy? Bloated?
    
    By Janis Graham Stuffing? Check. Stiff drinks? Check. Stress? Check. 'Tis the season -- for stomachaches. "The holidays create a perfect storm for stomach problems because of all the eating, traveling, and partying," says Roger D. Mitty, M.D., chief of gastroenterology at Caritas St. Elizabeth's Med
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83. Learning to Live With Celiac Disease
    
    Do you experience bouts of diarrhea from time to time? What about abdominal cramping? Intestinal gas? Distention? How about occasional bloating? Are you constipated ocasionally? Has your doctor recently told you that you are anemic yet he or she can't seem to find a reason why your blood is lacking
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84. Heartburn Symptoms: A Pharmacist's Guide to Treating Heartburn
    
    If you're one of the 40 million Americans who have heartburn symptoms at least once a week -- or even among the 60 million more who have heartburn symptoms at least once a month -- you're probably always looking for new ways to relieve that acid reflux. Even if your heartburn symptoms aren't severe
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85. 11 Meal Planning Tips to Prevent Heartburn
    
    If you're one of the 15 million Americans experiencing heartburn every day, there's more to discouraging the discomfort than avoiding certain foods and beverages. Heartburn relief also has to do with the timing and size of your meals, says The American College of Gastroenterology, which is why plann
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86. Heartburn: Foods to Avoid
    
    You wake in the night, your chest burning. Sometimes the pain is so intense you think it's a heart attack . For the 60 million Americans who get heartburn at least once a month, the pain isn't just a small inconvenience. Heartburn can affect almost everything you do, keeping you from sleeping at nig
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87. Heartburn: Spot Your Personal Triggers
    
    Doctors call it reflux. You probably call it heartburn. But whatever it's called, no one wants to experience the unpleasant sensations of heartburn -- a burning chest pain that moves up toward the throat, and an acid or bitter taste accompanied by a feeling that whatever you just ate is coming back
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88. BBQ Tricks for Avoiding Heartburn
    
    Just because it's hot outside doesn't mean you have to feel the heat of heartburn when enjoying foods of the season. Ever chow down at a family picnic, come home, shower, lie down, and feel a burning pain in your chest and acid crawling up your throat like a red-hot snake? These are symptoms of ever
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89. Living with GERD and Food Intolerances: Trudy McCulloch's Story
    
    I didn't know I had food intolerances until I was in my 30s. I'd had trouble with my digestion since birth. As a baby I had a lot of gas and would often get diarrhea. My mother thought it was because I was a preemie. Those stomach problems eased by the time I was 6 months old, and I was relatively h
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90. Embarrassing Conditions
    
    It's happened to everyone at least once. In an awkward silence on a date, or during your fifth grade clarinet solo, or in the middle of a business presentation, your body suddenly betrays you. You burp. Or your stomach begins to growl and roar. Or worst of all, you have -- to put it delicately -- an
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