Heartburn Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Heartburn, including details on symptoms, causes, prevention, treatment, diet, reflux, drugs.

Volume 2 (2005), Issue 6 (June)

1. Short esophagus and esophageal stricture.
   Surg Clin North Am, 85(3): 433-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Obesity is an independent risk factor for GERD symptoms and erosive esophagitis.
   Am J Gastroenterol, 100(6): 1243-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Primary-care physicians' perceptions and practices on the management of GERD: results of a national survey.
   Am J Gastroenterol, 100(6): 1237-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Systematic review: the efficacy of intermittent and on-demand therapy with histamine H2-receptor antagonists or proton pump inhibitors for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease patients.
   Aliment Pharmacol Ther, 21(11): 1299-312. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Early effects of lafutidine or rabeprazole on intragastric acidity: which drug is more suitable for on-demand use?
   J Gastroenterol, 40(5): 453-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Primary care in the treatment of functional gastrointestinal symptoms in Japan: prescription preferences and impression of results.
   Aliment Pharmacol Ther, 21: 47-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Efficacy of famotidine and omeprazole in healing symptoms of non-erosive gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: randomized-controlled study of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.
   Aliment Pharmacol Ther, 21: 2-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Gastro-oesophageal reflux is more prevalent in Western dyspeptics: a prospective comparison of British and South-East Asian patients with dyspepsia.
   Aliment Pharmacol Ther, 21(12): 1483-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Changing prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux with changing time: longitudinal study in an Asian population.
   J Gastroenterol Hepatol, 20(7): 995-1001. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Laparoscopic Heller myotomy for classic achalasia: results of our initial series of 20 patients.
    Surg Endosc, 19(3): 338-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Randomized double-blind trial of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication versus anterior partial fundoplication.
    Br J Surg, 92(7): 819-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Helicobacter pylori infection influences symptomatic response to anti-secretory therapy in patients with GORD--crossover comparative study with famotidine and low-dose lansoprazole.
    Dig Liver Dis, 37(7): 485-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Open repair of paraesophageal hernia: reassessment of subjective and objective outcomes.
    Ann Thorac Surg, 80(1): 287-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Rates of endoscopy and endoscopic findings among people with frequent symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux in the community.
    Am J Gastroenterol, 100(7): 1459-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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