Insight provides an in-depth look at health care issues in and affecting California. Have a story suggestion? Let us know. For 17 years, Chalfonte LeNee Queen suffered periodic episodes of violent ...

Sucking on ice, eating a small amount of food, and resting with the head propped up are some ways to relieve dry heaving. Dry heaving is retching or going through the motions and sensation of vomiting ...

Nausea is a universally unwelcome feeling, but despite such widespread aversion, very little has been learned about the mechanism that causes an organism to vomit. That’s now changed with a report ...

Dry heaving, or retching, is a sensation involving gagging and forceful, vomiting-like contractions. Older adults may experience dry heaving for various reasons. Dry heaving differs from vomiting in ...

In most cases, the presence of toxins in food can cause nausea and vomiting. These are bodily defenses aimed at minimizing the duration of exposure to the toxin. The pathways by which the brain ...