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News items on 'Acid Reflux'
(BBC 13/04/2009)
Ellie Banks loves her food, but for the last decade she has had chronic acid reflux (severe heartburn) and has had to watch what she eats. Pizza has been out, so have spicy foods and even wine. "I haven't been able to eat so many things," said the press officer, from Stoke. Then at the end of last year Ellie was given surgery called a laparoscopic fundoplication.
Got a bad cough? Maybe you need a gastric band
(Daily Mail 12/01/2009)
A persistent cough can be a sign of reflux disease, which affects around a million Britons. A form of gastric bypass surgery is being used to cure it. Davinia Jones, 48, a divorced mother of four from Hull, talks to LUCY ELKINS about her experience, while her surgeon explains the procedure.
Surgery beneficial in heartburn
(BBC 08/11/2008)
People with chronic heartburn should be considered for early surgery to prevent a lifetime of popping pills, NHS research suggests.
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