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• Obesity in Women Tied to Barrett’s Esophagus

  
  Weight Loss Surgery Channel — Authority: 127
  Obesity in women may increase their risk of Barrett’s Esophagus, a disease recognized as a precursor to esophageal cancer.  Get the details in this report from WLS News.Researchers have found a correlation in women between obesity and Barrett’s esophagus, a condition that comes from excess acid reflux damage to ...
  1 week ago

• Weight Loss Surgery News – December 4, 2009

  
  Weight Loss Surgery Channel — Authority: 127
  Check out this week’s WLS News to learn the effect our nation’s obesity epidemic could have on health care costs by the year 2018. Doctors are doing the math and the answer isn’t pretty. Plus, we’ll tell you how men can reduce their risk of prostate cancer, and explain the link between obesity in women [...]
  1 week ago

• What Is Esophageal Cancer? What Is Cancer Of The Esophagus?

  
  emedist.com — Authority: 163
  Esophageal cancer occurs in the esophagus which is a long hollow tube that runs from the throat to the stomach. The esophagus carries the food that is swallowed all the [...]
  2 weeks ago

• Cancer Rates Among Obese People Continue to Rise

  
  Weight Loss Surgery Channel — Authority: 127
  Cancer rates among people who are obese continue to rise, new studies indicate. Watch this week’s WLS News to find out more.A new study indicates that obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer each year.The American Institute for Cancer Research has connected more than 30,000 annual cases of breast cancer and ...
  3 weeks ago

• Top Tips to Treat Chest Pain

  
  The Back Report — Authority: 133
  Chest pain is a serious symptom meaning “heart attack” to most people. Serious chest discomfort should usually be evaluated by a physician right now. On the way to the emergency room or while waiting for the ambulance, take two aspirin tablets. While pain from the heart may sometimes be mild, it is usually ...
  3 weeks ago

• GERD symptoms likely caused primarily by inflammation

  
  iHealthBulletin News — Authority: 133
  UTSouthwestern.edu - Contrary to current thinking, a condition called gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) might develop because of immune-mediated inflammation and not as a direct result of acidic digestive juices burning the esophagus, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found in an animal ...
  3 weeks ago

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