Archive for the ‘Acid Reflux News’ Category
Physicians Show Bias When Diagnosing Stomach Problems According To Study
Patients who complain of upper gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms often face a diagnosis of either gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or functional dyspepsia.
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Physicians Show Bias When Diagnosing Stomach Problems According To Study
Prescribing Acid-Suppressing Drugs To Infants
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 (GERD); however, GERD is an uncommon cause of these symptoms in otherwise thriving infants…
Prescribing Of Acid-suppressing Medication For Infants Rises Considerably
Infants who are frequently spitting up, irritable, and cry for unknown reasons can be extremely worrying for parents.
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Prescribing Of Acid-suppressing Medication For Infants Rises Considerably
Acid-Suppressing Drugs Being Over Prescribed In Infants
Frequent spitting up, irritability and unexplained crying in infants are often very distressing to parents. Physicians frequently prescribe acid-suppressing drugs for these symptoms
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Acid-Suppressing Drugs Being Over Prescribed In Infants
GERD Treatments, Benefits And Risks – New Report
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 are from the U.S…
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GERD Treatments, Benefits And Risks – New Report
Airway Function Improves Following Anti-Reflux Surgery Both Before And After Lung Transplant
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 Medicine…
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Airway Function Improves Following Anti-Reflux Surgery Both Before And After Lung Transplant
Proton Pump Inhibitors Should Have Black-box Warnings, Group Tell FDA
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 FDA (Food and Drug Administration)…
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Proton Pump Inhibitors Should Have Black-box Warnings, Group Tell FDA
Researchers Use Neutrons To Spy On The Elusive Hydronium Ion – Could Aid In Treatment Of Peptic Ulcers Or Acid Reflux Disease
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 disease, or allow for more efficient conversion of woody waste into transportation fuels…
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Researchers Use Neutrons To Spy On The Elusive Hydronium Ion – Could Aid In Treatment Of Peptic Ulcers Or Acid Reflux Disease
New Study Helps Clarify Symptoms And Characteristics Of Acid Reflux In Neonates
Modifying stomach acid levels may not be enough to treat symptoms in neonates suspected of having gastroesophageal reflux disease.
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New Study Helps Clarify Symptoms And Characteristics Of Acid Reflux In Neonates
Pitt Study: Esophageal Cancer Risk Higher In Medically Treated GERD Patients With Fewest Symptoms
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 current issue of Archives of Surgery…
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Pitt Study: Esophageal Cancer Risk Higher In Medically Treated GERD Patients With Fewest Symptoms
