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• Health Tip: Don't Let GERD Interrupt Your Sleep

  Follow these suggestions to minimize symptoms

• Heartburn Meds May Often Be Taken for Too Long, at Too-High Doses

  Study of U.S. veterans found many stay on drugs such as Prilosec for months, years without reevaluation

• Magnetic Implant May Ease Chronic Acid Reflux

  Study found device allowed some heartburn patients to stop taking medication

• Chronic Heartburn Could Spur Asthma in Some Patients

  Study reinforces the link, and a new test might be better at spotting the problem, experts say

• New Guidelines Urge Limiting Endoscopy for GERD

  Women should not undergo routine screening, and many men don't need it either, according to American College of Physicians

• Tips for Holiday Heartburn Relief

  Some advice if you tend to overindulge

• Stimulation Device for Esophagus Might Ease GERD Symptoms

  Three small, early studies found the device helped for at least a year

• Health Tip: Manage Heartburn During Pregnancy

  Watch what and when you eat

• Untreated Heartburn May Raise Risk for Esophageal Cancer, Study Says

  Obesity, poor diet contribute to acid reflux, which is sometimes linked to the deadly disease

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