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- Introduction
- Achilles Tendon
- Adrenal Glands
- Ankles
- Appendix
- Arteries
- Back
- Belly Button
- Birth Control
- Birthmarks
- Bladder
- Blood
- Body Hair
- Body Type
- Brain
- Breasts
- Cervix
- Childbirth
- Chin
- Circulatory System
- Clitoris
- Collarbone
- Digestive System
- Ears
- Elbows
- Emotions
- Endocrine System
- Energy
- Esophagus
- Eyes
- Fallopian Tubes
- Fat
- Feet
- Fertility
- Fingernails
- Gallbladder
- Gums
- Gynecological Exam
- Hair
- Hands
- Heart
- Hips
- Hormones
- Intestines
- Jaw
- Joints
- Kidneys
- Knees
- Larynx and Vocal Cords
- Lips
- Liver
- Lungs
- Lymphatic System
- Medical Tests
- Menopause
- Menstrual Cycle
- Moles
- Mouth
- Muscular System
- Neck
- Nervous System
- Nose
- Nutrition
- Ovaries
- Pain Relief
- Pancreas
- Pelvis
- Pregnancy
- Rectum
- Reproductive System
- Respiratory System
- Ribs
- Salivary Glands
- Scalp
- Sex
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Shins
- Shoulders
- Sinuses
- Skeletal System
- Skin
- Skull
- Spine
- Spleen
- Stomach
- Stress
- Sweat Glands
- Tailbone
- Tear Ducts
- Teeth
- Throat
- Thyroid
- Toenails
- Tongue
- Tonsils
- Underarms
- Urinary System
- Urine
- Uterus
- Vagina
- Veins
- Vulva
- Wrists
- Shaping Up
- The Total Body Shaping Workoout
- Abdominals
- Biceps
- Buttocks
- Calves
- Chest
- Forearms
- Neck3
- Shoulders3
- Thighs
- Triceps
- Aerobic Conditioning
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Digestive System
Digestive System
Many interconnected organs digest and absorb the food we eat and rid the body of waste from that process. But problems can arise.
* Heartburn is caused by a too-relaxed muscle at the bottom of the esophagus. (See "Eat small, eat early" on page 107.)
* Ulcers are caused when the lining of the stomach erodes. (See "A Whole Other Matter" on page 390.)
* You may have dyspepsia if a normal dinner makes you feel uncomfortably full. (See "Burn Baby Burn" on page 390.)
* Sometimes your bowels get in an uproar--gas, bloating, diarrhea--and you don't know why. To identify some likely culprits, see "Intestines" on page 183.
* The gallbladder shoots bile into the small intestine to help it break down food. But sometimes bile forms painful gallstones. (See "Scaling Back Your Risk" on page 152.)
* Your pancreas makes the hormone insulin, which helps your body absorb its food. Sometimes the pancreas stops making enough, and the result is adult-onset diabetes. (See "Finding Out Where You Stand" on page 306.)
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