Colloquially, it’s your food pipe.

The second letter of the condition known as GERD refers to what body part, into which stomach acid refluxes during flare-ups of the disease?

Stomach acid causes heartburn and possibly other chest or abdominal discomfort when it irritates the lining of the esophagus, Entin writes. GERD is a common diagnosis for adults, but she cautions against using it as an explanation for colic in infants.

Whereas allergy symptoms are generally worse in the morning, the most severe heartburn tends to occur overnight—owing to the 24-hour body clock known by what two-word term?

Anthes writes that just as certain ailments are worse at varying times of day, so are certain medications more effective at particular points. Yet hospitals and doctors, she says, largely administer treatment when doing so is most convenient for them.

It’s often credited with medicinal properties.

In 1904, the Ontario pharmacist John J. McLaughlin created what fizzy, patriotically named beverage?

Ginger has been used for calming rumbly stomachs since antiquity, Dillon writes, but there’s “no slam dunk” in the medical literature that it’s good for gastroenteritis. It is, however, clinically effective against other types of nausea (e.g., from chemo, pregnancy, or motion sickness). Alas, a possible side effect: heartburn.

Atlantic Trivia, June 26, 2026: Indigestion

In 1904, the Ontario pharmacist John J. McLaughlin created what fizzy, patriotically named beverage?

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