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According to the British medical journal The Lancet, heartburn is pretty common. In fact, 25 percent of Americans report experiencing heartburn at least once a month, 12 percent at least once per week and 5 percent daily. So what is heartburn? And what about gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)? Here's a guide to provide a bit more understanding of that burning sensation in your chest. Why is it called heartburn? "Heartburn is often sensed as a burning feeling behind the middle of the lower to middle of the chest, giving the sense that it may be coming from the heart," says Dr. Philip Jaffe, an associate professor of medicine at Yale University School of Medicine. What is happening, biologically speaking? According to Dr.
Whatever's wrong, there's a drug for you, or so TV ads say
Carolyn Mellon gets antsy when she sees drug ads on television touting "everything you can think of and things you don't," mostly because she feels the barrage of sales pitches waste her time, and even question her intelligence. "There's something for everything and something for everyone," says Mellon, 64, a real estate agent and self-professed jogging addict who lives in Buckhead. .
Opting for poor lifestyles, Mumbai lies low by impotence
Impotence is on the rise in Mumbai, ignited by the pressures of urban existence and poor lifestyle choices. Sanghamitra Bhowmik reports on the toll every mans nightmare is taking, and how those affected are coping Thirty-something Vinod and Nisha Sharma have everything going for them: well-paying jobs, a brand new home, friends to party with. But when night falls and the time arrives to get into bed, they are consumed by worry and despair. It has been months since the Sharmas have had sex. The reason: Vinod is battling impotence, or to be medically precise erectile dysfunction. It was over a year ago that Vinod heard the diagnosis. He was shocked. I thought impotence affected only old people, he says. I kept thinking, How could I get it? Vinod has plenty of company.
Tata well-steeled for post-colonial Corus line
HAD he been around today, Sir Frederick Upcott would be having a bad case of indigestion. When Jamsetji Tata, founder of the Tata Group, first proposed making steel girders for the British-run Indian railways, in 1907, the colonial administrator scoffed. .
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