Heartburn
Acid Reflux Is A Message From Your Body Telling You Something Is WRONG Inside
Your body sends you messages all the time. Most of us ignore the majority of them. Heartburn is after all a desperate message from your body telling you something is wrong inside. The only way you can ever cure your heartburn is from within by listening to what your body is trying to tell you, work with it and free yourself.
There are many treatments for heartburn whether you suffer from Acid Reflux Disease (GERD), Hiatal Hernia, Gastritis, Esophageal Reflux, or Bile Reflux.
Esophageal Cancer May Be Caused By Migration Of Cancer-Causing Stomach Cells
18 Jan 2012 at 10:00am
A new study is providing clues that may answer a decades-old question about the cells that give rise to a particularly lethal form of esophageal cancer...
'Tis The Season For Turkey, Gravy, Pie And Acid Reflux
27 Dec 2011 at 8:00am
Jack Selby, of Lansing, Mich., had suffered from heartburn all of his life, especially around the holidays when he overindulged in some of his favorite food and drink...
Acid Reflux 50% More Common Than Ten Years Ago
25 Dec 2011 at 8:00am
A long-term Norwegian study reveals the number of people who experience acid reflux at least once a week has gone up by nearly 50% in the last 10 years, with women appearing to be more susceptible to the condition than men...
Physicians Show Bias When Diagnosing Stomach Problems According To Study
1 Nov 2011 at 11:00am
Patients who complain of upper gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms often face a diagnosis of either gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or functional dyspepsia. Because the two conditions often overlap, it can be difficult to distinguish between the...
Prescribing Acid-Suppressing Drugs To Infants
22 Oct 2011 at 8:00am
Frequent spitting up, irritability, and unexplained crying in infants can be very distressing to parents. Pediatricians often prescribe acid-suppressing drugs for these symptoms in an effort to treat infants for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GE...
Prescribing Of Acid-suppressing Medication For Infants Rises Considerably
20 Oct 2011 at 1:00pm
Infants who are frequently spitting up, irritable, and cry for unknown reasons can be extremely worrying for parents. The infants are often prescribed with acid-suppressing drugs by their pediatricians in an attempt to treat them for gastroesophag...
Acid-Suppressing Drugs Being Over Prescribed In Infants
20 Oct 2011 at 10:00am
Frequent spitting up, irritability and unexplained crying in infants are often very distressing to parents. Physicians frequently prescribe acid-suppressing drugs for these symptoms. However, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is an uncommon c...
GERD Treatments, Benefits And Risks - New Report
26 Sep 2011 at 2:00am
New plain-language reports compare the risks and benefits of therapies for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), a digestive condition that affects millions of individuals in the U.S., and can be treated with medications or surgery. The reports ...
Airway Function Improves Following Anti-Reflux Surgery Both Before And After ...
21 Sep 2011 at 8:00am
Surgery to correct gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, can preserve lung function in patients with end-stage pulmonary disease both before and after transplantation, according to a new study from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medici...
Proton Pump Inhibitors Should Have Black-box Warnings, Group Tell FDA
24 Aug 2011 at 3:00pm
Withdrawal from PPIs (proton pump inhibitors) can lead to severe rebound acid secretion, a complication that can force users to become dependent on them - this should be mentioned in a black-box warning, consumer group Public Citizen has told the ...
Researchers Use Neutrons To Spy On The Elusive Hydronium Ion - Could Aid In T...
10 Aug 2011 at 8:00am
A Los Alamos National Laboratory research team has harnessed neutrons to view for the first time the critical role that an elusive molecule plays in certain biological reactions. The effort could aid in treatment of peptic ulcers or acid reflux di...
New Study Helps Clarify Symptoms And Characteristics Of Acid Reflux In Neonates
10 Aug 2011 at 8:00am
Modifying stomach acid levels may not be enough to treat symptoms in neonates suspected of having gastroesophageal reflux disease. According to a study from Nationwide Children's Hospital, this is the first study to classify reflux and its associa...
Pitt Study: Esophageal Cancer Risk Higher In Medically Treated GERD Patients ...
19 Jul 2011 at 10:00am
Medically treated patients with mild or no symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) are at higher risk for developing esophageal cancer than those with severe GERD symptoms, according to a University of Pittsburgh study published in the...
Leftover Embryonic Cells Connect Gastric Reflux And Cancer
24 Jun 2011 at 10:00am
The ultimate source of some cancers is embryonic cells. Research published in the June 24th Cell, a Cell Press publication, traces the precursor of deadly esophageal cancers to leftover embryonic cells found in all adults. Some people with gastric...
First Patient Enrolled And Treated In The U.S. For EndoGastric Solutions' Ran...
24 Jun 2011 at 9:00am
EndoGastric Solutions (EGS), the leader in the emerging field of Natural Orifice Surgery (NOS), today announced that the first patient has been enrolled and treated in the RESPECT study (Randomized EsophyX vs. Sham/Placebo Controlled Trial). The...
Homing In On Genetic Signature Of Esophageal Cancer
19 May 2011 at 12:00pm
University of Rochester Medical Center researchers have pinpointed two genes that are amplified in the worst cases of esophageal cancer, providing data to support a new investigational treatment that targets those same genes. The study, led by Ton...
Chronic Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease - Medication And Surgery Equally Effe...
18 May 2011 at 2:00pm
Laparoscopic antireflux surgery or taking proton pump inhibitor esomeprazole for chronic GERD (chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease) were both found to result in similar rates of disease remission of five years, researchers from Nantes Universi...
Modern Treatments For GERD Effective At Achieving Long-Term Remission For Mos...
17 May 2011 at 9:00pm
In an evaluation of contemporary antireflux therapies for chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), most patients who received treatment with either the proton pump inhibitor esomeprazole or laparoscopic antireflux surgery achieved and remai...
Advanced Technique For Treating Esophageal Lesions Deemed Safe And Effective ...
10 May 2011 at 1:00pm
An increasingly popular technique for removing lesions associated with Barrett's esophagus has been deemed a safe and effective treatment option in a study of more than 1,000 resections published this month in the European journal Endoscopy...
News From The Annals Of Family Medicine, May/June
10 May 2011 at 9:00am
Acid-Suppressing Proton Pump Inhibitors Associated with Fracture Risk A meta-analysis of previous research into an unintended effect of acid suppression medications - some of the most widely used medications in the world - finds evidence that lon...
