A UK-wide research team, led by the University of Oxford's Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, has launched a major international study to improve surgical treatment for people suffering from ...

In Clinical Trials, the LINX Reflux Management System Stopped the Affliction in the Overwhelming Majority of Patients; 15 Percent of All Americans Suffer From the Often-Debilitating Condition Online, ...

Cincinnati UC Health physicians are now offering a Food and Drug Administration-approved device that can treat chronic acid reflux, or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), with magnets. This ...

Magnets are helping Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center pediatric nephrologist Jens Goebel, MD, and Hoxworth Blood Center clinical lab scientist David Puckett lead healthier lives. Without a ...

Johnson & Johnson will stop selling its Linx gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, treatment in certain countries, following a review of market conditions, the company said in an emailed statement ...

March 17--At the Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby, a 145-bed hospital on the Iron Range, Dr. Paul Severson and Dr. Howard McCollister are two of only four surgeons in Minnesota implanting Linx ...

For two years, Milagros Camacho struggled with what she thought was heartburn after every meal. At night stomach acid would sometimes come out of her mouth and nose. Even drinking water would set off ...

CINCINNATI (Liz Bonis) -- An elementary school teacher in Oxford said her life was changed forever thanks to a breakthrough treatment for a common problem many people experience after eating, ...

In the world of late-night comedy, the so-called Colbert bump – the boost that guests on the Stephen Colbert show receive following the broadcast– is hilarious if fictitious. In the medical world, the ...