Losing sleep over heartburn? Treating nighttime heartburn improves sleep and boosts quality of life
5th Sep 2005, 14:30 GMT
The first major multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial addressing therapy for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) related sleep disorders is published in the September issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology.
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