AP - Chronic heartburn appears to be fueling the nation's fastest-growing cancer, esophageal cancer. Some 3 million Americans are thought to have a type of esophagus damage from severe acid reflux that puts them at increased risk for the deadly cancer — and new research is exploring whether it's possible to zap away that damage and block the cancer from ever forming.

AP - Chronic heartburn appears to be fueling the nation's fastest-growing cancer, esophageal cancer. Some 3 million Americans are thought to have a type of esophagus damage from severe acid reflux that puts them at increased risk for the deadly cancer — and new research is exploring whether it's possible to zap away that damage and block the cancer from ever forming.

AP - Chronic heartburn appears to be fueling the nation's fastest-growing cancer, esophageal cancer.

SPACE.com / LiveScience.com - Despite what many may have heard, drinking soda does not increase the risk of developing esophageal cancer. In fact it might protect against it, a new study finds.