OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Eating and sleeping can be difficult when acid comes up from the stomach into the esophagus. That causes burning chest pain. The condition is called GERD, which is short for ...

It was a real stick-to-your-ribs meal. Doctors were flabbergasted after discovering that a four-year-old’s “colicky” pain turned out to be caused by a magnetic bracelet that he’d swallowed. “We ...

A tiny magnetic bracelet implanted at the base of the throat is greatly improving life for some people with chronic heartburn who need more help than medicine can give them. It's a novel way to treat ...

IS THE pain relief that magnetic bracelets appear to give people with conditions like osteoarthritis just one more example of the placebo effect? Probably, suggests the latest study. Studying this ...

Copper bracelets and magnetic wrist straps are ineffective in relieving arthritis pain, according to a new study. Researchers conducted the first randomized placebo-controlled trial on the use of both ...

Copper bracelets and magnet wrist straps have no real effect on pain, swelling, or disease progression in rheumatoid arthritis, according to new findings. Copper bracelets and magnet wrist straps have ...