AP - Doctors at a Dutch hospital performed a new kind of surgery on Friday to correct heartburn without making any external incisions, using a tube than runs down a patient's throat and into the stomach.

AP - Doctors at a Dutch hospital performed a new kind of surgery on Friday to correct heartburn without making any external incisions, using a tube than runs down a patient's throat and into the stomach.

AP - Women who put on extra pounds raise their risk of getting frequent heartburn or making symptoms worse — even if they aren't overweight, a new study found.

AP - Chronic heartburn appears to be fueling the nation's fastest-growing cancer, esophageal cancer. Some 3 million Americans are thought to have a type of esophagus damage from severe acid reflux that puts them at increased risk for the deadly cancer — and new research is exploring whether it's possible to zap away that damage and block the cancer from ever forming.

AP - Chronic heartburn appears to be fueling the nation's fastest-growing cancer, esophageal cancer. Some 3 million Americans are thought to have a type of esophagus damage from severe acid reflux that puts them at increased risk for the deadly cancer — and new research is exploring whether it's possible to zap away that damage and block the cancer from ever forming.