Acid Reflux Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Acid Reflux, including details on diet, gerd (gastro-esophageal reflux disease), treatment, symptoms.

Volume 4 (2007), Issue 5 (May)

1. Reflux and laryngitis: a systematic review.
   Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 136(5): 686-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Look--but also listen! ReQuest: an essay on a new validated scale to assess the outcome of GERD treatment.
   Digestion, 75: 87-100. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. ReQuest: a new questionnaire for the simultaneous evaluation of symptoms and well-being in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux.
   Digestion, 75: 79-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Pantoprazole 40 mg is as effective as esomeprazole 40 mg to relieve symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease after 4 weeks of treatment and superior regarding the prevention of symptomatic relapse.
   Digestion, 75: 69-78. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Novel measurement of rapid treatment success with ReQuest: first and sustained symptom relief as outcome parameters in patients with endoscopy-negative GERD receiving 20 mg pantoprazole or 20 mg esomeprazole.
   Digestion, 75: 62-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Determination of ReQuest-based symptom thresholds to define symptom relief in GERD clinical studies.
   Digestion, 75: 55-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. International validation of ReQuest in patients with endoscopy-negative gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.
   Digestion, 75: 48-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Evaluation of GERD symptoms during therapy. Part II. Psychometric evaluation and validation of the new questionnaire ReQuest in erosive GERD.
   Digestion, 75: 41-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Evaluation of GERD symptoms during therapy. Part I. Development of the new GERD questionnaire ReQuest.
   Digestion, 75: 32-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Process of measuring in clinical medicine--implications of different definitions in clinical therapeutic studies.
    Digestion, 75: 25-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. The construction of a new evaluative GERD questionnaire--methods and state of the art.
    Digestion, 75: 17-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Systematic review: do we need a new gastro-oesophageal reflux disease questionnaire?
    Digestion, 75: 3-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. High-resolution manometry of the EGJ: an analysis of crural diaphragm function in GERD.
    Am J Gastroenterol, 102(5): 1056-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. The prevalence of and the clinical and demographic characteristics associated with high-intensity proton pump inhibitor use.
    Am J Gastroenterol, 102(5): 942-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Obesity increases oesophageal acid exposure.
    Gut, 56(6): 749-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Abdominal obesity, ethnicity and gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms.
    Gut, 56(6): 756-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Thoughts on the complex relationship between gastroesophageal reflux disease and eosinophilic esophagitis.
    Am J Gastroenterol, 102(6): 1301-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Prevalence of upper gastrointestinal tract findings in patients with noncardiac chest pain versus those with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)-related symptoms: results from a national endoscopic database.
    Am J Gastroenterol, 102(6): 1173-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Increased tachykinin levels in induced sputum from asthmatic and cough patients with acid reflux.
    Thorax, 62(6): 491-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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