http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Boston Medical Center (BMC) surgeons are now offering patients an incisionless alternative to laparoscopic and traditional surgery for treatment of acid reflux or GERD. http://www.physorg.com/news175776249.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:10:01 EST news175776249 H2 Blocker drugs, such as Famotidine, Cimetidine and Ranitidine, approved in the U.S. for acid reflux (heartburn), pose no significant risks for the fetus according to a large collaborative cohort study by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. http://www.physorg.com/news174141779.html Medicine & Health Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:46:24 EST news174141779 Fears about the cancer causing effects of the second most prescribed group of drugs in the Western world have been put to rest, following the largest ever study into their use. http://www.physorg.com/news171734125.html Medicine & Health Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:30:01 EST news171734125 John Spivey has no scar -- not even a tiny one -- to show that he had recent surgery to treat chronic acid reflux. http://www.physorg.com/news171654546.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:00:01 EST news171654546 A commonly used treatment for acid reflux does not improve asthma symptoms or control in patients who do not have symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux (GER), according to a new study supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health and by the American Lung Association (ALA). This suggests that silent GER (acid reflux that causes only minimal or no reflux symptoms) does not play a role in asthma, as has previously been thought. http://www.physorg.com/news158429984.html Medicine & Health Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:20:07 EST news158429984 (PhysOrg.com) -- Children of mothers who took acid-suppressive drugs during pregnancy had a 1.5 times higher incidence of asthma when compared with children who were not exposed to the drugs in utero, finds a large population-based study by researchers at Children`s Hospital Boston. http://www.physorg.com/news150121295.html Medicine & Health Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:21:35 EST news150121295 The prevalence of obesity and overweight in the United States coupled by the increased risk of gastrointestinal diseases related to obesity raises serious implications for the health of Americans. Several scientific studies in the August issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology examine the association between obesity and the risk of colorectal cancer and gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD. http://www.physorg.com/news138373835.html Medicine & Health Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:10:35 EST news138373835 A pre-cancerous condition linked to chronic acid reflux often gets overlooked. Can the medical community do a better job intervening? Researchers from the Hutchinson-MRC Research Centre in Cambridge think so. http://www.physorg.com/news137335586.html Medicine & Health Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:46:25 EST news137335586