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Article: Screen sleep disorder patients for GI reflux: treating gastrointestinal reflux can improve sleep--and treating sleep disorders can improve reflux.(Gastroenterology)(gastrointestinal reflux)
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- Internal Medicine News
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- May 1, 2007
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SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. -- Patients with sleep disorders should be screened for gastrointestinal reflux, Dr. Susan M. Harding advised at a meeting on sleep medicine sponsored by the American College of Chest Physicians.
Heartburn is common in patients with sleep complaints and can make their sleep problems worse, according to Dr. Harding, a professor of medicine and medical director of the Sleep/Wake Disorders Center at the University of Alabama, Birmingham.
It has not been shown to cause sleep disorders, or vice versa, she said. Nonetheless, researchers have demonstrated that treating gastrointestinal reflux can improve sleep--and that treating sleep ...