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Health & Fitness | January 14, 2003, Tuesday
VITAL SIGNS: TREATMENTS; Better Sleep, Without the Acid

By Eric Nagourney (NYT) 234 words
Late Edition - Final , Section F , Page 6 , Column 1

ABSTRACT - Researchers report'that device that helps people who have obstructive breathing disorder sleep apnea also helps people who suffer from acid reflux, painful stomach disorder (S) A device that helps people who have the obstructive breathing disorder sleep apnea, often characterized by intense snoring, also helps people who suffer from acid reflux, a painful stomach disorder, researchers reported yesterday.

Writing in The Archives of Internal Medicine, the researchers said a treatment known as CPAP (pronounced SEE-pap) -- for continuous positive airway pressure -- reduced reflux symptoms by about half. The study was prepared by Dr. Bryan T. Green and Dr. J. Barry O'Connor of Duke University, and Dr. William A. Broughton of the University of South Alabama.



 

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