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Part I Naming Your Pain 7 -- Chapter 1 Picturing Heartburn and Reflux 9 -- Chapter 2 Tracking Your Digestive Tract 17 -- Chapter 3 Cataloging the Symptoms and Hazards of Heartburn, Reflux, and GERD 31 -- Chapter 4 Rating Your Reflux Risk 41 -- Part II Eating Your Way to Relief 55 -- Chapter 5 Meeting Your Nutrition Needs 57 -- Chapter 6 Fine-Tuning Your Diet 81 -- Chapter 7 Reviewing Home Remedies, Alternative Approaches, and Herbal Healers 99 -- Part III Treating Your Middle 115 -- Chapter 8 Finding the Right Doctor 117 -- Chapter 9 Examining Your Esophagus and Testing Your Tummy 127 -- Chapter 10 Prescribing Relief 139 -- Chapter 11 Avoiding Problem Pills 163 -- Chapter 12 Exploring Surgical Options 177 -- Part IV Creating a Comfortable Lifestyle 193 -- Chapter 13 Building a Better Body 195 -- Chapter 14 Healing Heartburn with Healthy Habits 217 -- Chapter 15 Stressing Stress Relief 233 -- Chapter 16 Fashioning (and Furnishing) a Comfortable Life 245 -- Part V Meeting the Special Cases 255 -- Chapter 17 Handling the Heartburn of Pregnancy 257 -- Chapter 18 Finding Heartburn in Infants and Children 271 -- Chapter 19 Taking Aim at Senior Heartburn 283 -- Part VI Part of Tens 295 -- Chapter 20 Ten or So Heartburn and Reflux Myths 297 -- Chapter 21 Ten Heartburn Web Sites 303 -- Chapter 22 Ten Sometimes Painful, Often Annoying, but Almost Never Fatal Digestive Disorders 309.