For nearly the past 50 years, primary treatment for acid reflux in the United States has included medications meant to dilute acid that regurgitates from the stomach, as well as a risky procedure that ...

A new study offers reassuring evidence that people with acid reflux symptoms do not have an increased risk of death, finding no difference in survival rates between sufferers and nonsufferers.

New findings claim that extended use of a type of drug for acid reflux, known as proton pump inhibitors, or PPIs, may heighten the risk of dementia by one-third. The research revealed that individuals ...

Heartburn and other symptoms of acid reflux seem to be much more common than they were a decade ago. The prevalence of weekly heartburn and other symptoms of acid reflux rose nearly 50% over the last ...

Acid reflux rates parallel obesity epidemic, experts say. Dec. 27, 2011 — -- Claresa Fisher, 57, hasn't had a good night's sleep in the past eight years. Fisher said the intense burning through ...

Chronic acid reflux could raise the risk of heart attack by nearly a third, a study shows. Gastroesophageal reflux disease – or GERD – is a chronic digestive condition in which stomach acid flows back ...

Researchers found diet, and alkaline water, may be just as effective as drugs. — -- Consuming a plant-based Mediterranean-style diet and drinking alkaline water may be just as effective at ...

Drugs that help millions of people cope with acid reflux may also cause cardiovascular disease, a new study suggests. It is the first time researchers have shown how proton pump inhibitors, or PPIs, ...

Background and aim: PH-monitoring is the most widely accepted tool for the diagnosing of gastroesophageal reflux (GER); however it does not detect non acid refluxes. MII is a new method for ...

Neonates given esomeprazole once daily had no significant changes in the number of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)-related signs and symptoms or the total number of reflux episodes compared ...

In this study we had a selective group of patients who had supine reflux on esophageal pH test with associated nocturnal reflux symptoms. Bed head elevation was done during the night-time from 22.00 ...