Heartburn/GERD - News
A new study on job authority and health suggests that the top is not only lonely, but can also take a toll on physical and mental well-being. Using data from 1,800 U.S. workers, researchers found that the negative aspects of having a power position at work seemed to cancel out the positive aspects when it came to people's physical and psychological health.
Heartburn pills like Nexium and Prilosec do not stop blood-thinning drugs such as Plavix from working effectively, contrary to recent fears, new research on Monday showed. The finding is reassuring to patients, doctors and drug companies, including AstraZeneca and Sanofi-Aventis, who make the blockbuster treatments.
With friends like these, President Barack Obama may not need enemies. Obama's hopes for passing an initial version of healthcare reform by August are dead in the Senate and on life support in the House of Representatives -- and his fellow Democrats played a big role in their demise.
Even in those without previous heartburn symptoms, the class of heartburn drugs known as proton pump inhibitors can give rise to such symptoms after the drugs are stopped, according to the results of a study appearing in the journal Gastroenterology.
People with asthma who use steroid inhalers are at increased risk for obstructive sleep apnea, new research shows. Obstructive sleep apnea is a common problem in which tissues in the back of the throat collapse during sleep causing temporary blockages and interruptions in breathing.
Acupuncture can help ease symptoms in pregnant women with upset stomachs, a small new study from Brazil shows. Pregnancy can cause a host of gastrointestinal woes, including heartburn, reflux, and bloating, Dr. Joao Bosco Guerreiro da Silva of Rio Preto Medical College in Sao Jose do Rio Preto and his colleagues note in their report.
Even short-term use of popular acid-reducing heartburn drugs may raise the risk of hip fractures, U.S. researchers said on Monday. The increased risks appeared two years after patients started taking proton pump inhibitors such as Prevacid, and histamine-2 receptor antagonists, or H2RAs, such as Zantac, researchers at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco told the Digestive Diseases Week meeting in Chicago.
Many severely obese patients who undergo weight loss surgery remain severely obese after the operation and yet their quality of life and obesity-related diseases, like diabetes and high blood pressure, improve, new research shows As reported in the Archives of Surgery, Dr.
Wine seems to protect against the development of Barrett's esophagus, as does higher educational status, according to a study published in the March issue of Gastroenterology. Patients with Barrett's esophagus have a 30- to 125-fold increased risk of developing esophageal cancer when compared to the general population, Dr.
Difficult-to-control asthma has been linked to stomach acid backing up into the esophagus, but treatment with a heartburn drug doesn't seem to improve asthma symptoms, investigators report. Dr. Robert Wise at Johns Hopkins...
People who experience reddening of the face when drinking alcoholic beverages are at increased risk for cancer of the esophagus, the tube that passes food from the mouth to the stomach, according to a report in the journal PLoS Medicine.
The Health and Human Services Department named a panel of 15 experts on Thursday to advise the government on how to spend $1.1 billion set aside to study which medical treatments work best. The effort is part of President Barack Obama's plan to cut excess spending from the U.
People who suffer a heart attack nearly double the risk of having another if they are taking the widely used blood thinner Plavix together with a heartburn drug like Prilosec, researchers said on Tuesday. Plavix, also known as clopidogrel and made by Sanofi-Aventis SA and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co, and aspirin are often used to thin a patient's blood after a heart attack.
Regular consumption of a yogurt-like fermented milk product containing the digestion boosting probiotic Bifidobacterium lactis appears to ease digestive discomfort, researchers report. An open-label study of healthy adults who ate or did not eat Activia (Danone, Ltd.
Having a glass of wine a day may lower the risk of developing a disorder called Barrett's esophagus, a condition of the lining of the passage running from the mouth to the stomach that can become cancerous, investigators report.
U.S. health regulators are reviewing the effectiveness in some patients of the widely used blood thinner Plavix, made by Sanofi-Aventis SA and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. The move comes after several studies found the blockbuster drug did not work as well in certain people possibly because patients metabolized it differently depending on their genetic makeup or their other medications, the U.
Two nonsurgical procedures relieve many symptoms of acid reflux disease including heartburn in people who are not helped by the medications typically used to treat it, U.S. researchers said on Friday. In this chronic condition, also called gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, stomach acid backs up into the esophagus, irritating its lining and causing inflammation.
Fish oil supplements could help Alzheimer's patients maintain a healthy weight, a new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society shows. People begin losing weight in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease and get thinner as the disease progresses, Dr.
Merck's popular osteoporosis drug Fosamax and other similar drugs may carry a risk for esophageal cancer, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration official said on Wednesday. Diane Wysowski of the FDA's division of drug risk assessment said researchers should check into potential links between so-called bisphosphonate drugs and cancer.
Among premenopausal women taking steroids for lupus, various treatments preserve bone mineral density and "should be considered" for preventing the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis, advise researchers in a report published this month.
Stomach acid reflux or heartburn may be a particular problem for people with breathing problems such as emphysema or bronchitis, known generally as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD, researchers report. However, the reverse doesn't seem to be the case, according to a study investigating the relationship between the two conditions.
European regulators have raided a number of drug companies across the European Union on suspicion they are pursuing restrictive practices, on the eve of a hard-hitting report into the pharmaceuticals sector. The European Commission said on Tuesday the raids were not related to inspections carried out in January this year or part of a competition inquiry into the sector whose preliminary outcome is due to be published on Friday.
In children with both asthma and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), treating the latter can improve the former, according to research presented Sunday at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology in Seattle.
If you're searching the Internet for surgery information, you may want to stick with sites run by professional medical groups and other sources free of commercial sponsors, a new study suggests. In a study that examined the quality of various surgery-related websites, researchers found that unsponsored sites generally gave more reliable information than sponsored sites did.
The rate of throat cancer, or adenocarcinoma of the esophagus, has risen steadily among white Americans over the past 3 decades, according to a new report. Although the rates of adenocarcinoma among white women have been lower than among white men, the 335-percent increase in new cases among women over the last three decades has been almost as fast as the 463-percent increased rate among white men, Dr.
Gastroesophageal reflux (GER), potentially serious chronic heartburn, is common in patients with cystic fibrosis, but it does not appear to be brought about by coughing; in fact, it may be the other way around, Belgian investigators report in the medical journal Gut.
Unexplained pain in the chest or upper gastrointestinal tract may signal an increased risk of death from alcohol-related causes, pneumonia or lung cancer, Danish researchers report. People with these symptoms are also more likely to be hospitalized for "ischemic" heart disease - the type of heart disease caused by restricted blood flow in heart arteries, Dr.
A bacterium that is a major cause of ulcers and stomach cancer may help protect children from developing asthma, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. Children infected with Helicobacter pylori were much less likely to have asthma than uninfected children, they reported.
Supplements containing sodium bicarbonate -- better known as baking soda -- may help competitive swimmers cut through the water a little faster, a small study suggests.
Supplements containing sodium bicarbonate -- better known as baking soda -- may help competitive swimmers cut through the water a little faster, a small study suggests. British researchers found that when they gave nine swimmers a sodium bicarbonate supplement about one hour before a 200-meter swim, the athletes were able to shave some time off their usual performance.
