Fast Food Nutrition Facts Calculator -- From About's Pediatrics' Guide
Wednesday October 29, 2003
How many calories and fat are you getting from fast food? This calculator will help you find out how many calories and how much fat is contained in your favorite ... Read More
Press Release: Maximum Strength Pepcid(R) AC is Now Available Over-the-Counter
Friday October 24, 2003
Johnson & Johnson-Merck launch the new Maximum Strength Pepcid® AC for the Millions of Americans Who Suffer from Heartburn. Maximum Strength Pepcid® AC is the only H2 blocker available at ... Read More
In The News: Vitamin E May Reduce Cancer Risk
Wednesday October 22, 2003
Two new studies add to the evidence that diet and lifestyle affect a person’s risk of developing stomach or esophagus cancer. Read the rest of this story at Reflux1. ... Read More
Forum Post of the Week: "Esophageal Strictures"
Monday October 20, 2003
PHXHORN1 asks:
"I had an Upper GI done in '98, and they diagnosed me as having acid reflux, with some scar tissue on my esophagus. They also spotted some intestinal ... Read More
Stretta(R) Procedure Effective
Thursday October 16, 2003
Press Release:
Data presented at a American College of Gastroenterology meeting showed long-term effectiveness of the Stretta(R) Procedure.
Press Release
Source: Curon Medical, Inc.
FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Curon ... Read More
Press Release: For those who take painkillers regularly, a heartburn pill a day may keep ulcers away.
Tuesday October 14, 2003
For those who take certain painkiller drugs regularly to help ease arthritis pain or other chronic aches, the relief comes with a tradeoff: a quadrupled chance of developing painful ulcers ... Read More
Over-the-counter Prilosec: The cost can hurt
Tuesday October 14, 2003
Many heartburn sufferers may like the easier access they have to Prilosec now that it's available over the counter. But for other sufferers, they will be suffering from a different ... Read More
New to the Heartburn site? Start your search here.
Monday October 13, 2003
There are a few things heartburn sufferers need to know. You may also have questions about chronic heartburn or any of the conditions associated with it, such as gastroesophageal ... Read More
GERD Aggravates Asthma
Tuesday October 7, 2003
Approximately seventy-five percent (75%) of asthma patients also experience symptoms of gastroesophagel reflux disease (GERD), but until recently the relationship between these two diseases remained largely ambiguous. A series of ... Read More
Obesity and Acid Reflux
Tuesday October 7, 2003
Obese people, particularly women, have a substantially greater risk of developing chronic acid reflux than their trim counterparts, according to a Norwegian study. The study showed that the link between ... Read More
Antacid Pills May Cause Allergies
Thursday October 2, 2003
A new study by Austrian researchers indicates antacid tablets may produce food allergies.
A study involving approximately 300 people was done in Austria, with surprising results. The study found that those ... Read More
Can Exercise Cause Heartburn?
Thursday October 2, 2003
Can exercise cause heartburn? Can anything be done to prevent an acid reflux episode? There are a couple of things persons can do to reduce the chances of a ... Read More
Forum Post of the Week: "Prilosec to go OTC: Is this good or bad?"
Wednesday October 1, 2003
F.W. states:
"You know what I find so strange? When a person could only get the 20 mg dose of Prilosec as prescription, it was over $100 for a month's ... Read More