This article looks at the types of cells of the stomach ... or the fundus. They secrete hydrochloric acid, which helps break down food. Hydrochloric acid also kills bacteria and other ...

Dr. Maydeo, a gastroenterologist, explains how changing lifestyles, erratic eating patterns, and mental stress all have a direct impact on gut health issues like acidity.

As your teacher probably warned you, putting hydrochloric acid on human skin is bad ... however — if you’re not careful. Certain types of medications, Derleth says, can inhibit the body’s production ...

Achlorhydric subjects with pernicious anemia absorbed significantly (p less than 0.01) more iron from the solubilized chelates than from the precipitated preparation, but these differences were ...