Background: Gastroesophageal reflux occurs mainly during the daytime in patients with Los Angeles grade A esophagitis, but predominantly during the night in patients with grade C and D esophagitis.

The gold standard for diagnosing gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is impedance-pH monitoring. This test is particularly ...

The gastrointestinal microbiome remains an explosively increasing topic of study, assessing the potentially pivotal roles of the microbiome in maintaining health or causality in disease pathogenesis.

That can damage the cells lining the esophagus, prompting them to grow back with genetic mistakes.About 22,370 times a year in the United States, those mistakes culminate in cancer.Esophageal cancer ...

Caroline Cobine, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Physiology and Cell Biology within the University of ...

Are you searching for medications to treat 'Reflux Esophagitis'? Welcome to this page which serves as an archive for medications that are relevant to the treatment of Reflux Esophagitis.

PROLONGED gastric intubation may be a factor in the development of peptic esophagitis and stricture in some patients, but whether acid reflux into the esophagus is the primary mechanism is uncertain.

Plenty of people have experienced acid reflux, but a hiatal hernia, which occurs when the upper part of the stomach pushes up through the diaphragm into the chest cavity, can cause severe and chronic ...

Current recommendations for preventing relapse of GERD symptoms in pediatric patients after healing of reflux esophagitis include ≥6 months' maintenance therapy with PPIs such as omeprazole.

If you have acid reflux, your day-to-day habits can make a big difference. These tips can help make things better.

Esophagus cancer associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is increasing at a rapid rate, says a review article published in the November/December issue of CA: A Cancer Journal for ...