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A photo of surgeons performing a transoral incisionless fundoplication and hiatal hernia repair.

Two Surgeries for Chronic GERD Yield Similar Long-Term Outcomes

Swedish trial finds partial and total fundoplication on par, 15 years later

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Can a Wearable for Sleep Positioning Help With Nocturnal Reflux?

In sham-controlled trial, active device reduced GERD symptoms

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AGA: Consider De-Prescribing PPIs in Patients With 'Murky' Indications

New clinical practice update suggests either abrupt discontinuation or tapering when appropriate

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Weight Loss Program for GERD Relief?

In patients with BMI over 25, nearly 50% reduced use of acid blockers or stopped altogether

Boxes of Prilosec (omeprazole) and Prevacid (lansoprazole) over a computer rendering of inflamed intestines.

Proton Pump Inhibitors and IBD: What's the Link?

Use tied to "modest" increase in risk for ulcerative colitis, Crohn's in observational studies

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Ranitidine Did Not Convert to Carcinogen in Two Small FDA Studies

However, don't expect the drug's return to market anytime soon, say editorialists

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Obesity Ups Risk of Erosive Esophagitis in Middle-Age Adults

Japanese study researchers note it may also increase risk for GERD

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Potassium Acid Blocker No Better Than PPI for Artificial Gastric Ulcers

Small Japanese trial found similar outcomes with both drugs

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Can an Agile Endoscopic Device Curb PPI-Dependent GERD?

GERDx device improved quality of life; not so much for esophageal acid exposure

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Diet Curbs GERD Beyond Acid Suppressants

Study finds five anti-reflux behaviors could prevent almost 40% of the symptoms in women

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Young-Onset Esophageal Cancer Rapidly Increasing

Physicians should be on the alert for younger patients with dysphagia, researchers urge

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Ranitidine Cancer Risk: Health Records Offer Reassurance

Huge study finds no indication that nitrosamine contamination affected real-world outcomes

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18 Common Drugs Tied to Altered Gut Microbiome

PPIs, oral antidiabetics, antibiotics, and laxatives had most impact

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Does Zantac Break Down Into a Carcinogen?

Rather than contamination, "the fundamental problem is that it's an unstable molecule"

ACG: Focus on the Practical at Annual Meeting

Topics will range from gluten contamination to artificial intelligence for polyp detection

Minor Psychiatric Disorders Don't Predict GERD

No significant correlations with anxiety, depression found in prospective study

Electronic Nose Promising for Barrett's Esophagus Detection

Test may facilitate surveillance for esophageal adenocarcinoma

Diet Beats Meds for Type of Reflux (JAMA)

Plant-based Mediterranean diet with alkaline water tops PPIs in laryngopharyngeal reflux

DDW 2017: Diversity Will Be Meeting's Strength

Four-society meeting has plenty to offer across and among specialties

Brief Talk Gets Patients in Control of Reflux

Explaining when to take medication gets big return in symptom relief

Early pH Test in GERD May Save Money

ORLANDO -- Early referral of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) for pH monitoring can help avoid extensive and costly use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), a researcher said here.

Doctors Say 45 Common Tests 'Overused'

Nine specialty groups have listed tests and treatments that are frequently overused, such as antibiotics for sinus attacks and CT scans for low back pain, in the first phase of a long-term project.

FDA Issues Warning on Acid Reflux Drugs

The FDA warned today that use of proton pump inhibitors -- including popular brands such as Nexium, Prilosec, and Prevacid -- may increase the risk of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea.

Consumer Group Urges Boxed Warning for PPIs

Citing research showing that withdrawal of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) leads to severe rebound acid secretion -- potentially leaving patients permanently dependent on the drugs -- the consumer group Public Citizen has told the FDA that it should require black-box warnings with the drugs.

FDA Warns GERD Drugs May Deplete Magnesium

WASHINGTON -- Use of prescription or over-the-counter proton pump inhibitors (PPI) for a year or longer may lead to low levels of circulating magnesium, which may increase the risk of leg spasms, arrhythmias, and seizures, according to an FDA warning.

DDW: SSRI May Ease Reflux in Select Patients

NEW ORLEANS -- Patients with a hypersensitive esophagus may get relief of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) from selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), researchers said here.

Gastroesophageal Reflux in Women Parallels Weight Gain

BOSTON 芒鈧€� Symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease increase progressively with increasing body mass indices, even among normal-weight women, according to data from the Nurses' Health Study.

FDA Warns About Risks of Throat-Numbing Spray

ROCKVILLE, Md. - The Veterans Health Administration has halted the use of benzocaine sprays to numb mucous membranes in the mouth and throat, prompting the FDA to reissue warnings about the risk of methemoglobinemia.

Swimming After a Fourth Cookout? Maybe Not

LITTLE FALLS, N.J.-It turns out mothers were giving sound advice when they told their children to avoid swimming right after eating, but not for the reasons they thought.