Nine million sufferers of gastroesophageal reflux disease in the US can choose the lesser of two evils for treatment options; lifelong drug therapy with H-2 blockers or proton pump inhibitors, or surgery that can keep them out of work for a month. If left untreated, the condition can lead to pre-malignant conditions in the esophagus.
The cause of the disease, the symptoms of which include heartburn, difficulty swallowing and a sore throat, is a faulty lower esophageal sphincter muscle (LES). The muscle fails to close...
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