Acid Reflux Facts

Obesity raises esophageal cancer risk
United Press International – and reflux disease — repeated severe heartburn or gastrointestinal reflux disease — has already established. This study found gastrointestinal reflux disease quintupled the risk of esophageal cancer, but a combination of obesity and acid reflex

A Whole Issue of Doctor Tools
American Family Physician – It has come to be the archetypal tool for physicians – the symbol of all the tools you use, from reflex hammers to acid-base claim or assessing patient satisfaction or systematizing your care for patients with a chronic disease. This

Patient on strict ‘soft food diet’ dies after hospital nurses give him
Daily Mail – Mr Jennings had kidney failure and was blind due to rare disease cystinosis, when an amino-acid damages organs, and which affects only 2,000 people worldwide. He was recovering on Ward Three at Heartlands from a delayed swallowing reflex when tragedy