Heartburn drugs linked to premature death
Conclusion
This larger set of observational data finds that PPI drugs are associated with an increase in the risk of early death compared with either H2 blockers or no acid suppression drugs. This was the case for participants both with and without gastrointestinal problems.
It also appears as though the longer the PPIs drugs are taken, the greater the risk of death.
Considering that these drugs are widely used in the UK, these findings may cause concern. But the research has a number of important limitations:
The study was conducted in a population of mostly white, older US male veterans, which might limit the abilit...
Source: NHS News Feed - July 4, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medication Source Type: news
Indigestion pills 'may increase risk of an early death'
More than five million bottles and packets of proton pump inhibitors are prescribed each year in England to treat gastroesophageal reflux, a severe form of heartburn (file pic). (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 4, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Heartburn symptoms - THIS could be causing your constant acid reflux
HEARTBURN, also known as acid reflux or indigestion can cause an unpleasant taste in the mouth, a sore throat, chronic cough and pain in the chest. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - June 18, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Traumatic Experience Can Reshape Your Microbiome
By Susie Neilson
I’m not disputing the scientific soundness of the whole brain-gut connection, but it really does sound a little bit like something out of a science-fiction story. I mean, you’re telling me that the trillions of tiny organisms that live in my gut, chomping up my food for me and maintaining my digestive system, have an impact on what I think and do and say? That the content of my thoughts might be at least partially determined by the eggs I had for breakfast, or the vitamin C I haven’t consumed enough of? It boggles the mind (at least, a mind influenced by my microbiome, fueled almost exclusively by S...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 2, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Obesity-related conditions threatening to 'overwhelm' NHS
More than £1 billion is spent every year by the NHS on drugs to combat type 2 diabetes, weight loss and indigestion - an increase of 65 per cent in the past ten years, official figures show. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 1, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pancreatic cancer symptoms - these factors are putting YOU at risk
PANCREATIC cancer can cause symptoms including jaundice, itchy skin, indigestion, pain in the back or stomach and weight loss. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - June 1, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Make the Diagnosis: Gastric Pain Puzzler
(MedPage Today) -- Case Findings: A 37-year-old woman was admitted to the ED with vomiting, nausea, right upper quadrant pain, and epigastric pain. She reported that she had been having brief episodes of pain for the past few months, but they came and went so quickly that she hadn ' t sought medical advice. They mostly happened after meals and were accompanied by burping, so she thought it might be some especially unpleasant indigestion.
Can you diagnosis the patient? (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - May 30, 2017 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Heartburn symptoms? GP explains why your reflux could get worse during UK heatwave
HEARTBURN, also known as acid reflux or indigestion can cause an unpleasant taste in the mouth, a sore throat, chronic cough and pain in the chest. However, now a GP has warned the symptoms could get worse over the heatwave. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 25, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Richard Simmons Addresses Fans For First Time Since Hospitalization
After being released from the hospital for “severe indigestion” earlier this week, Richard Simmons has a message for his fans.
“Hello to everyone who has shown concern for me and sent their good wishes. You will never know how much it means to me,” Simmons said in a statement on his official Facebook page, marking the first time he’s addressed his fans since his stay in the hospital.
“Aren’t you sick of hearing and reading about me?!” he added. “LOL Well by now you know that I’m not ‘missing,’ just a little under the weather. I&rs...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 19, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Richard Simmons Hospitalized With 'Severe Indigestion'
Richard Simmons was hospitalized Monday in California as a result of “severe indigestion,” manager Michael Catalano told ABC News.
“After a few days of battling severe indigestion and discomfort while eating, we agreed it was best for him to seek treatment,” Catalano said.
Simmons was hospitalized at an “undisclosed location,” but sources told TMZ that it wasn’t so serious as to require an ambulance to come pick him up from his home. Instead, his team drove him.
“He’s already feeling better and is expected to make a full recovery,” Catalano ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 18, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NHS costs cut will see prescription painkillers scrapped
Unveiling a major cost-cutting plan in the Daily Mail today, the head of the NHS says patients will also be expected to pay for their own indigestion pills, hayfever remedies and sun cream in the UK. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 28, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dramatic drive to cut NHS costs unveiled
Unveiling a major cost-cutting plan in the Daily Mail today, the head of the NHS says patients will also be expected to pay for their own indigestion pills, hayfever remedies and sun cream in the UK. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 27, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Causes Someone To Fake Cancer On The Internet?
Belle Gibson, the Australian Instagram star who profited from falsely claiming she had terminal cancer, was found guilty of misleading and deceptive conduct after a two-year investigation.
Gibson landed a book deal and an award-winning app before her story unraveled in March 2015 when it was revealed that she had failed to hand over some $300,000 in charitable pledges raised through her app business.
Penalties, which could range from personal fines of $220,000 to company fines of $2.2 million, haven’t been determined yet.
“No. None of it’s true,“ Gibson told The Australian Women’s Weekly in an...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 15, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Early warning signs of some cases of heart attacks 'being missed'
Conclusion
Are doctors missing signs of heart attack in people admitted to hospital? The study results show that may be true in some cases, but there could be other explanations for these findings.
One limitation of the study is that it doesn't show what tests were done, so we don't know whether people who'd complained of chest pain, for example, had tests for heart attacks. We don't know whether doctors actually missed the signs, or whether they investigated them but the tests were negative.
It's also possible that – where people were admitted for one reason but eventually died of a heart attack – the initial diagno...
Source: NHS News Feed - March 1, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Medical practice Source Type: news
What does a heart attack feel like? Symptoms could be mistaken for indigestion
HEART disease - also known as cardiovascular disease - is an overall term that refers to any disease that affects the heart or major blood vessels. People who have heart disease are at greater risk of heart attack. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 23, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
