AcipHex for Acid Reflux Disease

AcipHex is a treatment medication for sufferers of Acid Reflux Disease.

If you have 2 or more days a week of heartburn and over the counter meds are failing to help, you may have acid reflux disease and should consult your doctor for the most appropriate medications or lifestyle changes. Acid Reflux is also sometimes called GERD for "gastroesophageal reflux disease".

More about AcipHex from their corporate website:

General AcipHex Info

Acid Reflux Disease

Eating Better

Heartburn Relief

Heartburn Causes

Resources

Vitamins and Health - new study suggests some dangers

Although it is still very generally accepted that vitamins are a good way to supplement all but a perfect diet, a new and very large sample sized study has cast significant doubt about "life extension" claims for a class of vitamins called "antioxidants":
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness/04/16/vitamins.health/index.html

Clearly more research is called for in this area, but in my view one should err on the side of results that go *against* the vested interests of an industry rather than supporting those interests. Vitamins are a huge multi-billion market and vitamin manufacturers are hardly to be expected to underplay any health benefits and likely to exaggerate any real benefits. It is for this reason that we should pay very careful attention to well documented, independent studies of vitamin effectiveness.

I'm not clear yet what this study suggests about the effectiveness or dangers of Resveratrol, commonly cited as the most effective of the anti-aging antioxidants. Resveratrol is a non-prescription over the counter extract usually made from grapes.