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) The Cider Vinegar Heartburn Cure?
The "Eat, Drink and Be Healthy" nutrition column in today's Health section explores ways to manage heartburn, acid reflux, and GERD through altering your diet. Losing weight and identifying those foods that seem to trigger your heartburn (and then avoiding those foods) are the prime tips offered by dietitian Elaine Magee, author of Tell Me What to Eat if I Have Acid Reflux.One remedy that doesn't appear in Magee's book is the apple cider vinegar cure, which has been circulating in home- and folk-medicine circles for decades and more recently has found a presence on the Internet. My friend Elizabeth, who, like me, has GERD but who, unlike me, prefers to manage it without taking a lot of medicine, got wind of this apple cider thing via a syndicated newspaper column written by Dr. More>>
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) Guidelines Bypass Endoscopic Cancer Screening for Chronic GERD
Recommendation of antireflux surgery for patients with an esophageal GERD syndrome responsive to acid suppressive therapy, but who cannot tolerate therapy. Empirical trial of twice-daily PPI therapy for patients with suspected reflux chest pain syndrome after carefully considering cardiac causes.The only other supported recommendations with grade B, fair evidence to support improved outcomes, included:
Weight loss for overweight or obese patients with esophageal GERD syndromes. Lifestyle modification including elevation of the head of the bed for selected patients, avoiding late meals and specific foods or activities tailored to the circumstances of the patient. Twice-daily PPI therapy for esophageal syndrome patients with an inadequate response to once-daily therapy. More>>
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) Natural Notes on Health
Raw Apple Cider Vinegar: In many situations most people are unaware that they might have low levels of hydrochloric acid in their stomach cause their reflux condition, not too much of it. Not enough acid depletes your B12 levels.Most people don’t know how wonderful vinegar is. Its cleansing properties are known to aid digestion by stimulating the flow of enzymes and saliva in the mouth. Vinegar has been shown to support a healthy heart and strong bones.
Vinegar can do everything from relieving muscle pain from exercise, balancing pH levels, soothing sore throats, and normalizing weight and helping to maintain levels of cholesterol already in the normal range. Externally, it is effective in supporting healthy skin and hair.
One or two teaspoons of this vinegar in a glass of pure water about 20 minutes before your meal greatly reduce the chance of reflux. More>>
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) Rich Campbell: Campaign highlights? Why bother? The low-lights are
In one of DiTerlizzi's TV ads, Fetterman looked like he was demon-possessed and had a severe case of acid reflux. In one of Fetterman's mailers, DiTerlizzi looked like a Mafia don —— with acid reflux. Neither image was flattering. On Tuesday, voters looked past Fetterman's distorted pictorial image and elected him to the state legislature. SAY WHAT? The political contest between U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar, and his challenger, Republican Marion Thorpe, was relatively quiet — until the final week of the campaign. Then, following a debate last Thursday at a Boca Raton synagogue, whispers were exchanged between the two men. Thorpe claims Hastings said, "You mention that impeachment ... again and I'm taking you out permanently." (Hastings, a federal judge at the time, was impeached by Congress in 1989 for allegedly accepting a bribe from two imprisoned cocaine dealers. More>> - (
) Is pharma liable for knockoff meds, too?
Wyeth, a woman alleged that she developed a neurological disorder because of her long-term use of metoclopramide, the copycat form of Wyeth's acid-reflux med Reglan. Conte argued that Wyeth should have warned doctors that Reglan and its generic forms shouldn't be used for more than 12 weeks at a time. The trial judge ruled for Wyeth.But in a unanimous ruling, the appeals court reversed that decision. "As the foreseeable risk of physical harm runs to users of both name-brand and generic drugs," Justice Peter Siggins wrote in the court's opinion on the case, "so too runs the duty of care."
Will that verdict stand when it inevitably reaches the California Supreme Court? Liability lawyers want to say "No." Two attorneys who blog about drug and device law wrote that the ruling "stands product liability law on its head." And one of them, Mark Herrmann, a Jones Day partner, told Law.com, "Virtually all the precedents went the other way." And over at In the Pipeline, Derek Lowe pronounces himself incredulous. More>>