Archive for September, 2008
Under the Knife – Surgery Options with Acid Reflux
0 Comments Published September 30th, 2008 in Acid Reflux Disease.Tip! Chest pain that begins or increases with exercise is more likely due to a heart problem. Acid reflux symptoms don’t change with physical exertion.
Acid reflux is an incredibly common disease. Also known as Gastroesophageal
Reflux Disease (GERD) it can often be difficult to diagnose properly. The main
symptoms of GERD are acid reflux and [...]
Double Diabetes — Placing Your Kids at Even More Risk
0 Comments Published September 29th, 2008 in Diabetes.Tip! The option of the individual to have medication and seek the help of a doctor. Every diabetes patients that have type1 and type 2 diabetes can take insulin daily to sustain the insulin production of the pancreas.
In some medical circles it’s called Type 3 Diabetes. Teenagers and young adults diagnosed with type 1 [...]
Hope for Mesothelioma Patients Via the Valley of the Sun
0 Comments Published September 29th, 2008 in Mesothelioma.Tip! The next important thing hovering on people’s mind related to mesothelioma is smoking. Some believe that smoking invokes this disease.
Results were very positive from the Oncology Nursing Society’s 6th Annual Institutes of Learning (ONS) meeting in Phoenix, Arizona.
There were several clinical studies and several ongoing studies presented formally at the Oncology Nursing Society’s 6th [...]
Tip! Any one of the parents,(or both)suffering from diabetes.
The term diabetes refers to higher than normal levels of sugar, or glucose, in the blood. Type II diabetes, also known as insulin-dependent diabetes, was commonly referred to as adult onset diabetes until recently when the name no longer accurately describes the population with this disease.
Type [...]
What the Heck is LES? How Can It Cause Acid Reflux?
0 Comments Published September 25th, 2008 in Acid Reflux Disease.Tip! Surgery for acid reflux is very uncommon since the advent of effective acid suppressant medical treatment. Today stricures are not common and there are only a rare few that do not respond to omeprazole as acid reflux treatment.
Acid reflux has many causes. Most people think that eating fatty foods or
drinking too much are [...]




