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Addex finds GERD drug effective in clinical trial

GENEVA An investigational drug in mid-stage clinical trials that is the first of its class effectively treats symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease, according to study results recently released by the manufacturer.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Sat Nov 21, 2009

OfficialWire

'Heartburn' Damage Or GERD Not Acid Burn

Reflux damage to the esophagus may be an immune response, not acid burn, U.S. researchers say.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Gastroenterology

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Associated Content

My GERD Diet and What Works

My GERD Diet has evolved through a simple process of elimination. Doctors told me when I was first diagnosed with GERD that I should go on a strict GERD diet.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Life, Fruits, Food

Wed Nov 18, 2009

GastroHep.com News

Conservative vs surgical treatment for obesity with GERD

December's issue of the Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics reviews the effects of conservative and surgical treatment for obesity on gastro-esophageal reflux disease.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Drug Store News

Sandoz launches GERD drug

PRINCETON,A N.J The generics arm of Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis has launched an authorized generic version of a gastroesophageal reflux disease drug.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Prevacid, Lansoprazole (generic), Medication, Healthcare Law, Law

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Market Wire

Addex ADX10059 Monotherapy is Effective on GERD Symptoms in Phase IIb Clinical Trial

Webcast Today at 4pm CET Highlighted Links Homepage GENEVA, SWITZERLAND-- - Addex Pharmaceuticals , the allosteric modulation company, announced that it achieved statistically significant efficacy on the primary endpoint, increasing the number of symptom free days in the Phase IIb trial of ADX10059 as a monotherapy in patients with gastroesophageal ...

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Related Topix: Health

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Health

7 Simple Changes That Help Ease Heartburn

Meals are often a trigger for GERD symptoms. In fact, all-you-can-eat buffets are almost always a recipe for heartburn.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Newswise

Open Wide: Incisionless Surgery to Treat GERD

Every day, more than 20 percent of the U.S. population experiences the painful burning symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease .

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, UC San Diego

The Clarion-Ledger

New surgery brings relief from GERD

Connie Braswell anticipates doing something this Thanksgiving she hasn't enjoyed in five years - eating.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Jackson Metro, Jackson, MS, Pearl, MS, Flowood, MS

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Alpharetta Beacon

Surgery Without an Incision? Now That's a Medical Advance

It's being called the next step in the evolution of surgery. Surgery without an incision doesn't even sound like surgery, but for the 60 million people in the United States who suffer from Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease or chronic acid reflux, it's a new treatment option they can get excited about.

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Related Topix: Health, Esophageal Cancer

Sat Nov 07, 2009

WisInfo

Health Q&A on acid reflux

Today's expert is Dr. Nikhilesh Sekhar, Surgical Associates of Neenah, Theda Clark Medical Center.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Thu Nov 05, 2009

GastroHep.com News

Long-term outcome of laparoscopic and conventional nissen fundoplication

The most recent issue of Annals of Surgery investigated the 10-year outcome of laparoscopic and conventional nissen fundoplication.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Health

Heartburn Linked to Stress in 9/11 Workers

World Trade Center workers who were at Ground Zero for months after September 11, 2001, continue to have higher-than-normal rates of heartburn and acid reflux even years later.

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Related Topix: Heartburn, Health

Sun Nov 01, 2009

EMaxHealth

GERD Drugs May Cause Unexpected Side Effects

People who are taking drugs called proton pump inhibitors to treat GERD and laryngopharyngeal reflux should be aware of possible unexpected side effects and complications, according to a new report published in Otolaryngologya 'Head and Neck Surgery .

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Gastroesophageal Reflux

Fri Oct 30, 2009

USA WEEKEND

Could surgery help your reflux?

Losing weight, raising the head of the bed, not eating late at night: All of these can help alleviate the symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD.

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Related Topix: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, Medicine, Health

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Consumer Reports

Heartburn: Are you spending too much on treatment?

How much money do you really need to spend to treat frequent heartburn or even acid reflux? $250 a month? $120 a month? Try as little as $24. Last year U.S. consumers and their insurance companies spent an astonishing $4.8 billion on Nexium, one of several prescription proton-pump inhibitors to treat heartburn and acid reflux.

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Related Topix: Heartburn, Medicine, Health, Maalox, Aluminum Hydroxide/Magnesium Hydroxide (generic)

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Health

Halloween Without Heartburn

Halloween is tricky for anyone watching her waistline, but for chronic heartburn sufferers, all those goodies can make for a miserable night.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Halloween, Medicine, Health

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Earth Times

Positive Data from Two Investigator-Initiated Studies with Santarusa ZEGERID to Be Presented At ACG

Santarus, Inc. , a specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced that positive data from two investigator-initiated studies with ZEGERID will be presented in poster sessions at the American College of Gastroenterology 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting taking place in San Diego.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Healthcare Industry, Santarus, Health

Mon Oct 19, 2009

PR-inside.com

XenoPort Announces Initiation of a Phase 2b Clinical Trial of...

XenoPort, Inc. announced today that it has initiated a Phase 2b clinical trial of arbaclofen placarbil , also known as XP19986, in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease who remain symptomatic despite treatment with a proton pump inhibitor .

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Related Topix: Startups, XenoPort, Biotech, Medicine, Health, Lioresal, Baclofen (generic), Medication, Food and Drug Administration

Thu Oct 15, 2009

5NEWSonline.com

7 Common Digestive Problems

Put an end to the misery. Sarah Baldauf and January W. Payne Premium Health News Service October 14, 2009 Sign Up Today for HK Newsletters & Alerts There's something about digestive difficulties that makes them hard to discuss in polite company--which leaves many of us suffering one problem or another in silence.

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Related Topix: Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Health, Heartburn, Esophageal Cancer

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