Acid Reflux
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One in five Americans suffers from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), commonly known as acid reflux. A doctor discusses GERD and a new treatment. Read More
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What’s Up with Hiccups?
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Causes, Cures of Hiccups Remain Elusive Everyone gets hiccups. And nearly everyone has a theory about the cause and the cure. “We don’t know for sure what causes them,” said Dr. Stacey Milunic, a family medicine physician at Penn State Health. “It’s not well understood.” What Read More
Safe Sleep
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Unsafe Infant Sleep Practices Persist When the weather is cold and the nights are long, new parents can be tempted to put extra blankets in a crib or bring their infant into bed with them. Both practices can lead to death for children under a year old, who do not have the ability Read More
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