Eating certain foods, including those containing fiber, while avoiding sugary foods and those that cause heartburn may help prevent Barett’s esophagus from getting worse. Barrett’s esophagus is a ...

Epithelial cells, which line the body's surfaces and cavities, can be organized into a multi-layered tissue called squamous epithelium (as in the oesophagus and skin) or a single layer of columnar ...

Read at the Meeting of the Suffolk District Medical Society, Section for Surgery, November 3, 1886.

A precancerous condition called Barrett’s oesophagus is of much interest, because it arises when some cells of the oesophagus take on a new identity — a phenomenon known as metaplasia. If we could ...

The esophagus is the tube that connects your mouth to your stomach. Barrett’s esophagus is a condition where the tissue in your lower esophagus becomes damaged. It starts to resemble the tissue in ...