| When good burps go bad
It's totally freaky, but if you always thought heartburn was just heartburn, you may be in for a surprise. Most of the time it is, but for some folks it's really gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), a really annoying condition that can potentially lead to other scary illnesses like asthma, lung infection, inflammation of the esophagus and even cancer. GERD is caused by the reflux of stomach contents back into the esophagus, and when those are high in acid it becomes a more serious problem. Once you get GERD, many say, it usually becomes a lifelong problem, meaning you will need treatment for the rest of your life. Is that so? .
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STOCKTON SPRINGS — When Connie Corrigan tapped out an e-mail message to Gov. John Baldacci last July, the Stockton Springs woman was still so infuriated about her husband's death four months earlier, she said, “that I wrote it and just hit ‘send.' I didn't even spell-check it." .
Sleep Apnea Can Be Diagnosed Without Overnights In A Sleep Lab
Exclusively ambulatory techniques and equipment were as successful at identifying and treating sleep apnea as the current method of polysomnography, which requires several supervised overnight stays in a sleep laboratory, according to a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine. .
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