Acid Reflux News Sept 15 2009

Acid reflux in children is often overlooked: Director of PAGER Association

The Pediatric Adolescent Gastroesophageal Reflux (PAGER) Association has been helping families learn about acid reflux since 1992. The medical name for the disease is gastroesophageal reflux. It means stomach + esophagus + backwash.

News-Medical-Net:

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20090914/Acid-reflux-in-children-is-often-overlooked-Director-of-PAGER-Association.aspx

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Stomach Acid Reducer Triples Risk Of Developing Pneumonia

A popular stomach-acid reducer used to prevent stress ulcers in critically ill patients needing breathing machine support increases the risk of those patients contracting pneumonia threefold, according to researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.Hospital-acquired pneumonia is the leading cause of infection-related deaths in critically ill patients.

redOrbit:

http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1752584/stomach_acid_reducer_triples_risk_of_developing_pneumonia/index.html?source=r_health

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Popular stomach acid reducer triples risk of developing pneumonia

( Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center ) A popular stomach-acid reducer used to prevent stress ulcers in critically ill patients needing breathing machine support increases the risk of those patients contracting pneumonia threefold, according to researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

EurekAlert!:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-09/wfub-psa091409.php

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Popular stomach acid medication triples risk of developing pneumonia

PhysOrg:

http://www.physorg.com/news172145946.html

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No-scar surgery fixes misery of severe acid reflux

John Spivey has no scar -- not even a tiny one -- to show that he had recent surgery to treat chronic acid reflux.

PhysOrg:

http://www.physorg.com/news171654546.html

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