News tagged with acid reflux


Surgeons at BMC offering new procedure for acid reflux/GERD

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Boston Medical Center (BMC) surgeons are now offering patients an incisionless alternative to laparoscopic and traditional surgery for treatment of acid reflux or GERD.





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Commentary warns of unexpected consequences of proton pump inhibitor use in reflux disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Despite being highly effective and beneficial for many patients, unexpected consequences are emerging in patients who are prescribed proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) for reflux diseases. Physicians are warned to monitor these ...


Reflux esophagitis due to immune reaction, not acute acid burn

Reflux esophagitis due to immune reaction, not acute acid burn

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Contrary to current thinking, a condition called gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) might not develop as a direct result of acidic digestive juices burning the esophagus, UT Southwestern Medical Center ...


Barrett's esophagus patients have same survival rates as general population

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New Mayo Clinic research has found that survival rates of patients with Barrett's esophagus, which can be a precursor for esophageal cancer, are no different than the survival rates for the general population. These findings ...


Treatment with folic acid, vitamin B12 associated with increased risk of cancer, death

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Patients with heart disease in Norway, a country with no fortification of foods with folic acid, had an associated increased risk of cancer and death from any cause if they had received treatment with folic acid and vitamin ...


Study links folic acid supplements to asthma

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A University of Adelaide study may have shed light on the rise in childhood asthma in developed countries like Australia in recent decades.


Cause of common chronic diarrhea revealed in new research

Cause of common chronic diarrhea revealed in new research

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A common type of chronic diarrhoea may be caused by a hormone deficiency, according to new research published in the November issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. The author ...


Mortality rates reduced among children whose mothers received iron-folic acid supplements

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Offspring whose mothers had been supplemented with iron-folic acid during pregnancy had dramatically reduced mortality through age 7, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Researchers ...


With Help from a Bacterium, Cockroaches Develop Way to Store Excess Uric Acid

With Help from a Bacterium, Cockroaches Develop Way to Store Excess Uric Acid

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- What life form can use materials as nutrients that we, and most other animals, would consider waste products?


New hope for sufferers of overactive bladder

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sufferers of overactive bladder have been given hope of a more effective treatment following a breakthrough by UNSW medical researchers.


Fatty acids clue for Alzheimer's

Fatty acids clue for Alzheimer's

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The amount of fatty acids in the brain varies between healthy people and those with Alzheimer's according to new research from the University of Bristol, UK, supported by the Alzheimer's Research ...



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