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Endoscopic anterior fundoplasty for GERD reduces PPI use, reflux
WASHINGTON - Results from an ongoing study on endoscopic anterior fundoplication for the treatment of GERD showed significant reduction in proton-pump inhibitor use and reflux...
3 hours ago - Healio - 3 articles
Use of Natural Products by Children
Read this issue of NCCIH's Clinical Digest to learn more about the use of natural products by children.
22 hours ago - NCCIH
What is hypochlorhydria?
People with hypochlorhydria are unable to produce enough stomach acid. This can lead to problems with digestion and nutritional deficiencies. Stress, advancing age, zinc...
1 day ago - Medical News Today
Japanese farmers create edible and fully digestible banana skin
How do you like your bananas? Surely, like most other people, you eat them after taking off the banana peel which you subsequently throwing it away. Now a Japanese farm wants...
1 day ago - Natural News
A Dietitian Says Reheating Leftover Pasta Lets You Enjoy "Fewer Carbohydrates and Calories"
Ever wish that you could enjoy pasta without the carbs and calories? Well, dreams apparently do come true. Turns out, you actually digest fewer cals and carbs when you eat...
2 days ago - PopSugar
Hidden Blood in Feces Can Signal More Than Cancer
Blood in your stool, even if it's not visible, can be a sign of a number of potentially deadly conditions, including circulatory, respiratory, digestive, blood, hormonal or...
2 days ago - Web MD
Growth of preterm neonates optimized with enhanced nutrition
Proper maternal nutrition is essential to child growth in utero, where the placenta provides a continuous source of protein, calories and various nutrients for the developing...
2 days ago - Healio
Physician Branding 101: Know your why, use goals to drive strategy
Deborah Fisher WASHINGTON - Physicians should push their own brand or the brand of their organization with full awareness of the goal and the appropriate strategy in place...
2 days ago - Healio
Chop your own vegetables: Cutting them just before eating releases enzymes that aid digestion
We all know that vegetables are good for our health, but did you know that there's a way to boost the nutrients in leafy greens? According to Carly Feigan, a nutritionist based...
3 days ago - Natural News
A Dietitian Says This Is the Best Carb to Help You Burn Belly Fat
If you're trying to lose stubborn belly fat , you've probably heard that you should cut carbs to banish the bloat and trim your waistline. And while limiting certain types of...
3 days ago - PopSugar - 2 articles
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Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Raw Turkey Sickens 90
Ninety people have gotten sick from raw turkey tainted with salmonella bacteria in 26 states, the CDC and the U.S. Department of Agriculture warned on Thursday. Forty people...
Parents say their children develop extreme behavioral changes after a strep...
Sabrina Smith, 11, from Danbury, Connecticut, was seven years old when she was diagnosed with PANDAS, an autoimmune disorder that creates neurological symptoms after a strep...
Cancer patients who use complementary medicine have higher risk
Complemetary medicine is different to 'alternative'. It is the use of non-traditional treatment with traditional methods, rather than instead of. But still, Yale found these...
Good cholesterol may increase risk of heart disease in older women
Hormonal changes during menopause can cause the 'healthy' HDL blood fat to become harmful - by enlarging the particles, say scientists at the University of Pittsburgh.
Bitter ‘super-tasters' have a nearly 60% higher risk of cancer
Researchers from Penn State University studied 5,500 British women for 20 years and found those who cannot taste the bitter chemical PTC are less likely to get cancer than...
An end to paralysis from spinal cord injury?
A new study from Boston Children's Hospital has been able to help mice walk again by injecting a compound which helps reactive nerve pathways that send signals to our leg muscles.
Making This 1 Change to My Diet Helped Me Quickly Lose Belly Fat
Last year, I saw a pretty incredible transformation in my body. There was a particularly stressful period of my life where I gained 40 pounds, so when I was ready to get my...
Bless You, Nordstrom! These Millennial Pink Adidas Sneakers Are on a MAJOR Sale
What's better than pink sneakers? Pink sneakers that are discounted, duh. The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is in full swing and everyone gets public access to it on July 20. One...
CT Scans may Heighten the Risk of Brain Cancer
CT scans may increase the risk of brain cancer, research at the Oxford University Press finds. This pattern of excess cancer risk may be partly due to confounding by...
Cells' Ability to Repair DNA Points to Cancer Therapy
Mechanism behind how cells repair broken strands of DNA may have huge implications for the treatment of cancer. In cancer, mutations in complex could lead to resistance to...