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Learn how to protect your kidneys while taking blood pressure medicines. Work with your pharmacist, be careful with OTC medicines, and plan ahead for illnesses.

Find out what zinc is and what it does in your body, what foods provide it, and about zinc supplements.

Find out what zinc is and what it does in your body, what foods provide it, and about zinc supplements.

Read about viral gastroenteritis, also called “stomach flu,” an infection of the intestines that causes diarrhea, abdominal pain, and other symptoms.

Learn how a lower gastrointestinal (GI) series can diagnose problems in your large intestine, how to prepare for the procedure, and what to expect afterwards.

Discusses the common causes of diarrhea and the dangers of dehydration. Provides suggestions for easing the symptoms of diarrhea in adults and children.

Learn about Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, in which tumors in the pancreas or duodenum increase stomach acid, leading to peptic ulcers, acid reflux, and diarrhea.

Read about symptoms and management of lactose intolerance, a condition in which you have digestive symptoms after you consume foods or drinks that have lactose.

Discusses symptoms and treatment of IBS, a group of symptoms that occur together, including repeated pain in your abdomen and changes in your bowel movements.

Defines chronic diarrhea and discusses causes, possible complications, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of chronic diarrhea in children.