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Whether you suspect you have a hiatal hernia or you are newly diagnosed, you will want to know the symptoms, the causes, and the treatment of hiatal hernias.

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Share Your Stories About Living with GERD

Wednesday July 6, 2011

What we do in our daily lives will often determine whether we suffer from heartburn or not. Perhaps you have learned how to avoid heartburn at heartburn, or what foods cause heartburn. Sometimes our lives are affected by what our family and friends do when we tell them we have been diagnosed with GERD. There are several of these areas covered below, all of which will give you an opportunity to share your stories and tips about living with GERD, and see what others have to say.

Quizzes

Tuesday July 5, 2011

With the following "Screening Quizzes" you can check symptoms to see if you may have a heartburn-related condition. With the "Test Your Knowledge" quizzes, you can test your knowledge of various disorders or see how much you know about preventing your heartburn.

Screening Quizzes

Test Your Knowledge

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Free Heartburn-Related Email Courses

Tuesday July 5, 2011

These email course will give you the information you need to manage your heartburn.

Menus for the Heartburn Sufferer
Subscribe to this email course and once a week for six weeks you will receive a weekly menu in your email mailbox.

Preventing Heartburn
Subscribe to this email course and each day for seven days you will receive tips for preventing heartburn. Links to articles and other resources are included.

Self-Care Strategies for Managing Heartburn
For 10 days you will receive daily self-care tips that will help you avoid the heartburn burn.

Heartburn Tips
For an entire month, get a daily tip on handling your heartburn.

Heartburn 101
Sign up for this free instructional course, and you'll get 10 information-packed emails, once daily. These emails will give you all the basics you'll need to know about heartburn and heartburn-related conditions.

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Top GERD Treatments - Fundoplication Surgery

Thursday June 23, 2011

Fundoplication is the standard surgical treatment for GERD. The purpose of the surgery is to reduce heartburn caused by acid reflux. For more information, check out the following resources:

Have you had fundoplication surgery? You can share your experiences by clicking on the links below:

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