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Treatments could include:
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Avoid Lying Down after Meals
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General measures include: Weight reduction; Avoiding lying down after meals; Sleeping with the head of the bed elevated; Taking medication with plenty of water; Avoiding dietary fat, chocolate, caffeine, peppermint (they may cause lower esophageal...
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Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease:: This surgery produces very little scarring and has a faster recovery rate. Fundoplication is not always successful and can have complications. The surgery also comes undone in about 20 percent to 30 percent of cases.
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Gastroesophageal reflux surgery is typically performed in patients with serious gastroesophageal reflux disease that does not respond to drug therapy. Gastroesophageal reflux is classified as the symptoms produced by the inappropriate movement of stomach contents back up into the esophagus.
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Surgery for GERDDuring this surgery, called afundoplication,your lower esophageal sphincter(LES)is re-created by wrapping the top of your stomach around the esophagus. It can sometimes be done with a laparoscope through several small incisions ins...
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With over 50 percent of the population of the United States and other industrialized countries being either overweight or obese , a great number of people want to lose weight. However, weight loss is not easy- and not often successful.
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Smoking cessation is the medical term for quitting smoking. It is a vital part of cancer prevention because smoking is the single most preventable cause of death from cancer.
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Smoking prevalence has been declining in countries such as the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, but these declines are matched by increasing rates in most other countries. The Healthy People 2010 goal in the United States is to decrease prevalence from 24 percent to 12 percent by the year 2010.
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