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Recommended Books on Acid Reflux

The Clinician's Guide to Acid/Peptic Disorders and Motility Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract (The Clinician's Guide to GI Series)

Acid/peptic disorders and motility disorders of the gastrointestinal tract are among the most common disorders affecting the general population. The Clinician’s Guide to Acid/Peptic and Motility Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract is a practical guide that offers access to the advances made in recent years in acute treatment and maintenance therapy.

Drs. Henry Parkman and Robert Fisher have compiled a unique reference for the management of patients with these gastrointestinal disorders. Comprehensive and user-friendly, the topics covered in the treatment of acid/peptic disorders and motility disorders range from daily medication and on-demand regimens to gastric electrical stimulators. The Clinician’s Guide to Acid/Peptic and Motility Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract will highlight clinical advances made in the care of patients, including a focus on symptoms, causes, evaluation, and treatment.

As part of The Clinician’s Guide to GI Series, this text serves as a concise reference that allows clinicians to quickly access and evaluate the necessary information for treating and managing patients with acid/peptic and motility disorders.

Topics Include:

• Discussions of management of common acid-related GI problems, such as heartburn from GERD and abdominal pain from ulcer disease.
• Management of and new treatments for patients with classic motility disorders, such as achalasia and gastroparesis.
• Insight into the management of patients with functional GI disorders, such as functional dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome.
• A focus on the new promotility compounds and agents to treat irritable bowel syndrome, whether it be associated with predominant diarrhea or predominant constipation.
• The relationship of the bacterial population of the gastrointestinal tract to acid/peptic and motility disorders.

Including images, tables, and algorithms, The Clinician’s Guide to Acid/Peptic and Motility Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract is the ideal reference for internists, gastroenterologists, surgeons, and oncologists looking to keep pace with the latest treatment options available today.


The Clinician’s Guide to GI Series
This exciting series of books is created specifically for those professionals who manage patients with gastrointestinal problems. Some additional topics include IBD, liver disease, and gastrointestinal oncology. Comprehensive, concise, and user-friendly, these books are written in a uniform format and include images, tables, and algorithms.

Coping with Chronic Heartburn: What You Need to Know About Acid Reflux and GERD

Spurn the Burn, Treat the Heat: Everything you need to know to beat Acid Reflux Disease (My Healing Helpers) (My Healing Helpers) Easy to read information on treatment, symptoms of, and what can trigger heartburn. Complete with recipes created by the National Heartburn Alliance, this book provides much needed advice for all those millions suffering from Acid Reflux Disease.

Acid Reflux in Infants and Children Over 20 million adults suffer from acid reflux in the US, but reflux in children is not a high priority but it should be. Why?

Because acid reflux affects more than half of all the new-born children in the U.S. each year. That's upward of 4 million children and their families that are greatly affected by this serious illness. And unfortunately a significant number of those children may not outgrow the effects of the disease for many years, if at all.

There are a lot of ins and outs of dealing with the emotionally and physically draining times that can accompany caring for a child with a chronic illness such as acid reflux. Acid Reflux in Infants and Children can help guide you through them. (This book is a retitled edition of Making Life Better for a Child with Acid Reflux). Why should you believe us? First, this book is written by parents of a child who suffers from severe acid reflux. Second, several medical professionals who deal with reflux and chronic illness on a daily basis have written chapters included in the book. There are some of the top professionals in their fields.

Caregivers of a child with acid reflux are often desperate for credible information that may provide relief to their child, and their family. This information is credible, the authors guarantee it.

Here are just a few of the benefits you'll get from this step-by-step book: Learn why you need to research, and how best to do it; Read current information about medications and their dosages; Use handy checklists and forms to make sure you get done what needs to be done; Discover no-cost / low-hassle methods to get answers to your reflux questions; Find how to determine if you might be heading for trouble; Learn specific methods to build a superior support system; Use 8 step-by-step tools that specifically outlining how to help improve the quality of life for you and your child; Find out how to stay up-to-date with the latest treatment and diagnosis changes; Determine if and when your batteries need recharging; The book has a complete index to help you find answers quickly; Learn what pitfalls might be out there for you.

Here are a few of the topics that are covered: Breaking news related to acid reflux; Knowing that the baby isn't bad, the pain is; How to work with the medical profession; Getting an understanding how hard this might be; The importance of successful researching; Food allergies and reflux; Nutritional issues; Staying healthy; The use of medications in treating reflux; And taking care of the chronically ill.

This book is written not only for caregivers of a child with reflux, but also for medical practitioners who frequently treat infants and children with reflux and want to be current on some of the latest information about the illness.

So, are you still thinking about just guessing at what to do for your child? Why? Improve the quality of life for your child, and for you with this new book

Making Life Better for a Baby with Acid Reflux Caring for a healthy baby can be a daunting task for any parent. Caring for one suffering from acid reflux can be the toughest thing a parent may ever have to do.

A question to ask yourself is, "Do I need this book?"

It's pretty simple to determine if you do, just answer this question:

"Does your baby suffer from acid reflux, or do you THINK that he does?"

If you answered "yes" then this book is for you.

Based on the formula the authors have used successfully in several of their other books, "Making Life Better for a Baby with Acid Reflux" lays out for parents simple and proven steps that work for improving the quality of life when a baby suffers from acid reflux.

Benefits presented in a step-by-step manner include:

-- How to take charge
-- Understanding how hard this might be
-- Keeping the baby's pain in perspective
-- How to work with medical experts
-- Why and how you should research

Also included are a wealth of other steps to help improve the quality of life for both baby and parents.

Saving Yourself from the Disease-Care Crisis Saving Yourself from the Disease-Care Crisis discusses the critical state of health care in America today and asks hard questions about the monopoly of conventional medicine that limits the options available to most consuemrs of medical services. This book also offers safe, simple treatments which have been effectively used to relieve suffering and reverse the effects of many of the ills produced by the modern American lifestyle. The science of medicine has for too long been excluding the art of medicine: a complementary approach offers a humane and effective solution to the current health care crisis, which should be available to everyone.

Having Nasal Surgery? Don't You Become An Empty Nose Victim! Have you had nasal surgery, but now find yourself worse off than before? If so, you might be one of millions who suffer from a serious medical condition known as empty nose syndrome, or ENS--a complication of surgery. Symptoms of ENS include shortness of breath (despite a wide open nose), nasal dryness, throat irritation, thick, sticky mucus, shallow sleep, and sometimes chronic sinusitis. Many with ENS are depressed. Some have even committed suicide. Endorsed by well-known doctors familiar with ENS, Chris offers a genuine message to the reader and hope for the injured patient through: 1) His personal triumph in coping with ENS. 2) A critique of turbinate surgeries for anyone considering nasal surgery. 3) An inside look at the politics of ENS. 4) Best treatments for ENS, many of which also apply to sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, postnasal drip, GERD, and asthma. "Chris Martin's book is a must-read for anyone with nasal problems so they, too, can understand ENS and avoid becoming an ENS patient. His up-to-date information can empower the patient to best therapies."--Murray Grossan, M.D., Author of The Sinus Cure and inventor of the Grossan Hydro Pulse® Nasal-Sinus Irrigation System "I applaud Chris' attempt to bring this critically important issue to the public's attention. If one person can be saved from the devastation this surgery can cause, he will have performed a great service."--Wellington S. Tichenor, M.D., Creator of award-winning website www.sinuses.com, and wrote the introduction for this book "Chris is addressing a tremendously important issue in otolaryngology. Empty nose syndrome is a real entity that requires further investigation. Although Chris' book is written for the general public, I truly hope my colleagues in ENT will read this book and take it to heart."--Steven M. Houser, M.D., ENT specialist, MetroHealth Medical Center and Cleveland Nasal, Sinus and Sleep Center, assistant professor, Case Western Reserve University, and wrote the foreword for this book

Prescription for Drug Alternatives: All-Natural Options for Better Health without the Side Effects

From the authors of the megaselling Prescription for Natural Cures--a comprehensive resource for natural alternatives to prescription medications

With more than 100,000 deaths attributed to adverse medication reactions in the United States each year and concerns over drug safety hitting the headlines with alarming regularity, more and more consumers are searching for credible information on natural alternatives to pharmaceutical medications and their risks and side effects. Now America's leading natural health authorities have created the most complete, up-to-date, and user-friendly book available on effective natural drug alternatives for common ailments, including acid reflux, ADHD, asthma, diabetes, eczema, heart disease, herpes, erectile dysfunction, osteoporosis, and PMS. The book offers in-depth information about each condition, goes on to describe the prescription and over-the-counter drug treatment options (evaluating their pros and cons), then outlines the many responsible natural treatment options that consumers can consider--either alone or working with their professional healthcare provider--to address their individual needs. Like Prescription for Natural Cures, this book is bound to be a classic natural health bestseller.

James Balch, MD (San Diego, CA), the coauthor of Prescription for Natural Cures (978-0-471-49088-3) and the first two editions of the landmark Prescription for Nutritional Healing, is one of the bestselling health book authors of all time and has made numerous appearances on television and radio. Mark Stengler, ND (La Jolla, CA), is a licensed naturopathic doctor, the coauthor of Prescription for Natural Cures, and a lecturer with expertise in nutrition, herbal therapy, vitamin therapy, homeopathy, and integrative medicine. He writes for many natural health consumer and professional publications and is an associate clinical professor at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine. Robin Young Balch, ND (San Diego, CA), an alternative healthcare provider for 20 years, is credentialed as a Master Chinese Herbalist and has expertise in aromatherapy, reflexology, acupressure, iridology, and Bach remedies. She worked with James Balch as a consultant, collaborator, and researcher for Prescription for Natural Cures.

The Great Physician's Rx for Heartburn and Acid Reflux (Great Physican's RX)

Heartburn and acid reflux have a nasty way of defying cure or prevention, but following the Great Physician's prescription for heartburn and acid reflux can alleviate symptoms and nip more serious problems in the bud. Acid indigestion and burning feelings in the chest often strike in the middle of the night with stabbing chest pain. At 1:30 in the morning, there are not a whole lot of options. Most approach the medicine cabinet with the fervent hope that there are a few Tums left in the bottle.

Jordan Rubin, along with Joseph Brasco, MD, is not so sure that taking antacids and powerful proton pump inhibitors best for people's healing or their health. The Great Physician's Rx for Heartburn and Acid Reflux reveals a more natural approach to beating heartburn and acid reflux based on the Seven Keys to Health and Wellness.

Chronic Heartburn: Managing Acid Reflux and GERD Through Understanding, Diet and Lifestyle -- Includes More than 100 Recipes

44% of Americans experience heartburn and acid reflux on a regular basis.

Acid reflux disease, or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), is a serious affliction affecting millions of Americans. With GERD's severe symptoms not always responsive to treatment, the result is often a poor quality of life. This welcome book is a comprehensive resource to crucial medical facts and coping mechanisms for those who suffer from this condition.

Information from the most recent scientific studies is included on such key topics as:

• Understanding the condition and its medical considerations
• Signs and symptoms
• Healthy eating habits
• Conventional medical treatments, including drug therapy, endoscopy, and surgery
• Effects on personal and family lifestyle

Since healthy eating is key to the management of acid reflux and GERD, the authors include 100 specially tailored recipes. These creative and tempting dishes are satisfying and delicious, and all will be well tolerated by those with acid reflux problems. They include:

• Vegetable Spring Rolls
• Chunky Tzadziki Spread
• Super Soothing Vegetable Stock
• Nonna Vertolli's Minestrone
• Baked Spinach and Rice Casserole
• Smoked Salmon Stuffed with Light Cream Cheese

Chronic hearthburn is a recurring problem affecting millions. For them, this encouraging book will be useful on a daily basis.

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