Digestive Health

Digestive Issues: A Guide to Gut Health and Medications

Learn how digestive medications work, the side effects to watch for, and the simple habits that can keep your gut thriving

Jan 13, 2025

How Semaglutide Affects Your Digestive System

From delayed gastric emptying to gastroparesis, experts explain how this popular medication affects the gut and its side effects

Jan 13, 2025

How Tirzepatide Affects Your Digestive System

Tirzepatide, used for type 2 diabetes and obesity, can cause digestive side effects from mild nausea to serious risks like gastroparesis and intestinal obstruction

Feb 12, 2025

IBS Is Manageable, Doctors Say

When personal trainer and nutrition coach Erik was diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), he says he felt almost betrayed: “The foods I consider paramount to my…

Apr 14, 2022

5 Meds That Mess With Digestion (Plus 1 Life-Saving Test)

Some of the most common drugs can mess with your digestion, leaving you backed up or making a run for it. Here’s how to cope.…

Mar 22, 2022

The Purple Pill Problem: PPIs, GERD and Serious Side Effects 12

For the 28 percent of Americans who experience gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), acid reflux occurring two or more times per week, proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) like Nexium, Prilosec and Prevacid, reduce the secretion…

Nov 12, 2020

Are GERD Drugs Worth The Risks?

Why take GERD drugs when you can change your diet? Many people would ask the opposite question, why not eat what you like if you…

Mar 16, 2020

Acid Reflux Drugs PPIs Use Raises Stomach Cancer Risk

Long-term use of a class of drugs popularly used to control acid reflux and heartburn can significantly increase one’s risk of developing stomach cancer. Researchers…

Nov 2, 2017