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Summary: A study assessed that diets that are rich in red meat, refined sugars and sugary beverages could cause inflammation in the body, increasing t...

Considering an online pharmacy? Have you or someone you know thought about buying prescription medicine online? FDA’s BeSafeRx campaign helps consumer...

Key Facts: Bronchiolitis obliterans is a rare chronic lung disease that worsens over time. This disease was first discovered in workers at a microwave...

Experts often recommend that people with Barrett’s esophagus get regular upper endoscopies. For this test, the doctor looks at the inside of the esoph...

This sheet is about using herbal products in pregnancy and while breastfeeding. This information is based on available research studies. It should not...

Breath test You might hear this called a urea breath test. During the test, you swallow a pill, liquid or pudding that contains tagged carbon molecule...

Liver Flukes Clonorchiasis (Clonorchis Infection) Clonorchis is a liver fluke (type of parasitic worm) that can infect the liver, gallbladder, and bil...

Biliary interventions treat blockages, narrowing and/or injury of the passages between the liver, gallbladder and small intestine. These passages are...

August 16, 2023 Reviewed by Howard E. LeWine, MD, Chief Medical Editor, Harvard Health Publishing; Editorial Advisory Board Member, Harvard Health Pub...

May 17, 2024 Reviewed by Howard E. LeWine, MD, Chief Medical Editor, Harvard Health Publishing; Editorial Advisory Board Member, Harvard Health Publis...