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Causes One of the causes of esophageal strictures is gastroesophageal reflux disease, a condition in which excessive acid is refluxed from the stomach up into the esophagus. This causes inflammation in the lower part of the esophagus. Scarring will result after repeated inflammatory injury and healing, re-injury and re-healing. Eventually, the scarring leads to the narrowing of the esophagus. Besides GERD, there are other causes of esophageal narrowing, such as:...

Watson, who just retired from the Saints after a 15-year career, is viewed as one of the most TV-ready talents on the free-agent market. MORE: 2019 NFL Draft prospects: Big board of top 100 players The former Saints-Ravens-Browns-Patriots player made a strong impression during CBS Sports’ “Super Bowl Today” pregame show, discussing social justice initiatives with James Brown, Amy Trask and the NFLPA’s Troy Vincent. ESPN declined comment on Watson....

Here’s the incredible shot that won the Irish their first women’s basketball championship in 17 years: Women’s Final Four: Arike Ogunbowale, two buzzer-beaters, and one special title for Notre Dame Check out the reaction of ESPN’s Adam Amin, Kara Lawson and Rebecca Lobo: Amin immediately stood up, Lobo pushed her chair back and Lawson didn’t change her expression at all. Such a great live TV moment and an instant classic....

“It’s been happening very slowly for a couple of years,” Finebaum said of Alabama’s head football coach and the Crimson Tide. “I think over the last couple of months we’ve seen it.” Finebaum, a college football analyst for ESPN, went on to detail his reasoning behind his opinion Saban and the Tide, starting with the team’s loss to Clemson in the 2019 National Championship game. “It started with the 28 point blowout to Clemson,” Finebaum added....

He is not alone in his judgment. Half of all graduates from Estonia’s IT College in the capital, Tallinn, are now snapped up by multinationals. Many others find work with the scores of small software outfits in the country that process work from across the region. “[The] industry is growing all the time,” says Ants Sild of the Association of Estonian Information Technology and Communication Entrepreneurs. “The biggest problem now is our shortage of specialists....

This was the couple’s first appearance together since December. Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald asked the Crumbleys to stop mouthing “I love you” to each other while in court, which they had done at their last court appearance, saying it was traumatic for the victims’ families, according to a report by Detroit News. On Tuesday, District Judge Julie Nicholson agreed, calling it “disrespectful” and “disruptive.” The Crumbleys are accused of supplying their son with a gun and not securing it adequately, as well as not telling school officials about his reportedly concerning behavior, leading to his alleged killing of four students and injuring of seven people at the Michigan high school on November 30, 2021....

Researchers discovered vulnerabilities that, if exploited, could be used to shut down the Trusted Aircraft Information Download Station (TADS)—a $20,000 device that collects data from video cameras and sensors while jets are in flight, The Washington Post first reported. Key technical details remain unknown, but it was confirmed that the tests took place during the Def Con conference, held in Las Vegas between August 8 and August 11. The ethical hackers were brought there by Synack, a cyber company that partners with the Department of Defense on a “Hack the Pentagon” bug-hunting program....

On Friday, the independent boundary commission established after the last war is slated to dissolve itself after seven thankless years—without the governments of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki having reached an agreement on precisely where their border lies. What happens next is anyone’s guess. Both governments proclaim their desire for peace while accusing its rival of preparing to launch an attack. Ethiopia has massed at least 100,000 troops along the frontier, facing off against an estimated 125,000 Eritreans–including 4,000 Eritrean soldiers in what is supposed to be a demilitarized U....

“This is a time when leading a country with martyrdom is needed,” Abiy, winner of the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, said in a statement posted on social media Monday night. The Associated Press reported that an estimated tens of thousands of people have been killed in the war between Ethiopian and allied forces and forces from the northern Tigray region. This region dominated the national government before Abiy took office....

On Wednesday, the EU’s economy commissioner, Paolo Gentiloni, told reporters in Brussels that the 27-country union would experience “the deepest economic recession in its history.” Releasing the EU’s spring economic forecast, he explained that “economic activity in the EU dropped by around one-third practically overnight” because of the coronavirus pandemic. The economic forecast projects a record decline in gross domestic product of 7.75 percent in 2020 within the 19-country bloc that uses the euro as its currency....

During a summit on Thursday, EU leaders agreed that a harmonized approach to travel and free movement is critical this holiday season. This announcement came as the EU also agreed that the administration of booster shots is “urgent” and “crucial” to tackle surges in COVID-19 cases triggered by the Omicron variant. “The one answer to the Omicron right now is the acceleration of our vaccination program, with a particular emphasis to the booster shots,” said Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis....

A few bad trading days don’t mean a company’s strategy is unsound, and Lastminute’s plans to add nontravel products and reach customers via mobile phones and TVs may pay off. But in Europe as in the United States and Japan, investors are serving notice that they’re finally paying a bit more attention to details like profits and business plans. World Online, an Internet service provider listed in Amsterdam that same week, also dropped below its issue price....

You wouldn’t guess it at first glance. The four biggest economies to join the EU in 2004–the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia–averaged a robust 5 percent GDP growth last year. The boom is, of course, fueled by record levels of foreign capital–up 19 percent to $57 billion, more than twice the amount flowing into the whole Middle East. What’s more, the capital is cheap, thanks to the “halo effect”; that is, the perception that these countries are inherently less risky because they are European....

But while some fans slung blame at the U.S., in part because several teams involved have wealthy American owners, fans of the sport who live stateside also expressed disdain at the prospective European Super League. The contest was launched initially with 12 of soccer’s biggest teams set to be involved. These would be “founding clubs,” qualifying for the competition each season automatically. However, after a fierce backlash from fans over the contest’s format, several clubs have already announced plans to pull out, including all of the English teams....

Instead, he’ll be replaced by another boxing legend. Evander Holyfield, 58, will fight in place of De La Hoya, per ESPN’s Mike Coppinger. As Coppinger notes, the fight does face an obstacle in getting the California commission to approve Holyfield. But the fight should still go on, be it in California or elsewhere. MORE: Who will fight Jake Paul next? Holyfield has won 44 of the 57 fights he has participated in during his career....

Pro Bowl voting is always a little curious, to say the least. And let’s be honest, no one really knows — or cares — how selections really work anymore. Still, there are always bound to be a few snubs or surprise picks for the NFL’s end-of-year celebration. In 2020, arguably the biggest surprise of all was Giants tight end Engram making the dance, the first selection of his career....

As the draw for the 2014 World Cup progressed, it kept getting worse. Ultimately, when Group G was assembled it was Germany, Portugal, Ghana — and the United States of America. Every World Cup has one, it seems, and for 2014 this became the “Group of Death.” Germany and Portugal both are in FIFA’s top five. The U.S. was solidly in the top 15, and Ghana is perhaps the most consistently dangerous team from the African confederation....

So there we were this morning in Valhalla Golf Club’s contestant parking lot, waiting by an empty space reserved for … TIGER WOODS 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007 PGA Champion Would he show up? Would the winner of 14 major championships, now in his seventh season of chasing the 15th, play in the PGA Championship less than four days after back spasms forced him to limp into yet another waiting ambula … er … SUV?...

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said in a tweet the Elephant Butte Fire located outside the city of Evergreen has burned more than 50 acres and is zero percent contained as 7:30 a.m. local time Tuesday. “No evacuation orders have been lifted and no new evacuation orders have been issued. We’re hoping the cooler weather today helps us make progress,” the sheriff’s office said in the tweet. Video and images captured the massive wildfire as emergency personnel worked to contain it....