GERD News

• Famotidine Aids in COVID-19 by Helping Limit Inflammation Researchers have discovered just how the antacid famotidine, commonly sold as Pepcid by a Johnson & Johnson unit, was able to help alleviate COVID-19 symptoms in clinical trials.
  Reuters Health Information, May 19, 2022
• CBD Fails to Relieve Functional Dyspepsia in New Trial Cannabidiol (CBD) did not relieve functional dyspepsia in patients with normal gastric emptying in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
  Reuters Health Information, May 18, 2022
• DDW 2022 Alarming Increase in Esophageal Cancer in Middle-Aged Adults The prevalence of esophageal cancer and Barett's esophagus has increased substantially among middle-aged adults during the past 5 years, warn the authors of a new study from Florida.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• COVID-19 Infection Has More Than 50 Long-Term Effects Dyspnea, muscle weakness, and cognitive and mood problems are among the long-term effects of COVID-19 infection. Aerobic exercise and strength training improve these symptoms.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2022
• Longer Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors Tied to Diabetes Risk 'Physicians should...avoid unnecessary prescription of this class of drugs, particularly for long-term use,' say study authors, but a gastroenterologist argues there isn't sufficient concern to alter practice.
  Medscape Medical News, May 04, 2022
• POEM Use for Achalasia Growing, Reimbursement Urged POEM (per-oral endoscopic myotomy) is increasingly being used to manage achalasia, but healthcare utilization and costs should be compared with other treatment options, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, April 29, 2022
• More Evidence Links Asthma Severity to Age of Onset A large, international database study provides further evidence that age of asthma onset influences exacerbations and comorbidities.
  Medscape Medical News, April 27, 2022
• Endoscopic Obesity Treatments Offer Alternative to Surgery While these methods have shown lower efficacy, they are associated with fewer adverse effects.
  Medscape Medical News, April 27, 2022
• Long-Term Outcomes for GERD Similar With Posterior Partial or Total Fundoplication In patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease, similar outcomes were achieved with posterior partial or total fundoplication at the 15-year follow-up to a randomized trial.
  Reuters Health Information, April 26, 2022
• Hospitals Awarded $4.5M Over ED Billing Dispute With Anthem A recent case shines a spotlight on a far-reaching trend that finds healthcare insurers downgrading or flat out denying payment for care delivered in US emergency departments.
  Medscape Medical News, April 20, 2022
• Cough-Specific QOL Linked to Poor Outcomes in ILD Patients Poor cough-specific quality-of-life scores were associated with hospitalization, death, and lung transplantation in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD).
  Medscape Medical News, April 19, 2022
• OARSI 2022 High Comorbidity Rate Seen Before Osteoarthritis Diagnosis Since this was an explorative study, the results are "very interesting starting points for future research," said one of the investigators.
  Medscape Medical News, April 13, 2022
• Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease Challenging to Treat NTM is most commonly found in Florida, California, Hawaii, and the Gulf Coast states, and its incidence appears to be increasing.
  Medscape Medical News, April 12, 2022
• GERD: Practice Update Outlines Personalized Management Approach The practice update includes how to approach symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in the clinic, personalized diagnosis related to GERD symptoms, and precision management.
  Medscape Medical News, April 08, 2022
• Deprescribing PPIs: AGA Clinical Practice Update Offers Guidance Fear of adverse events often drive interest in de-escalating or stopping PPIs, but many fears are unfounded.
  Medscape Medical News, April 07, 2022
• Transcutaneous Electrical Acustimulation May Help Ease Functional Constipation Transcutaneous electrical acustimulation at acupoint ST36 on the leg improves functional constipation by enhancing rectal sensation and parasympathetic activity, a small study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, April 07, 2022
• Vibrating Wearable Device May Help Nighttime GERD The device appears to train patients to sleep on their left side with a resulting decrease in nighttime reflux symptoms, according to findings of a small, randomized, sham-controlled trial.
  Medscape Medical News, March 30, 2022
• Lap Band Failures Drive Many to Safer Weight Loss Surgeries More lap band patients are choosing to have conversion surgery to gastric sleeve or gastric bypass. At the same time, fewer doctors are doing lap band procedures.
  WebMD Health News, March 30, 2022
• Are 'Antibiotic Diets' Good Practice? Researchers are debating whether probiotics and microbiome-boosting foods can help our guts recover during periods of antibiotic use, allowing patients to stay on course with treatment.
  Medscape Medical News, March 16, 2022
• Marathon Emergencies: From Muscle Cramps to Cardiac Arrest Two physicians review the identification and preclinical treatment of the most common medical emergencies associated with marathons.
  Medscape Medical News, March 11, 2022