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Latest GERD research

New reviews, trials and guidelines on reflux, collected automatically from PubMed every week.

Read with care. A single new study rarely changes how reflux should be treated. The titles below link to the original abstracts, which are written for health professionals. Our guides are updated when guidelines change, not after every new paper. Talk to your doctor before changing treatment based on research.

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How to read a study

Guideline
Recommendations from an expert body, based on all the available evidence. The most useful source for patients and doctors.
Systematic review and meta-analysis
Combines the results of many studies on the same question. Stronger than any single study, as long as the studies it includes are good.
Randomised controlled trial (RCT)
People are randomly given one treatment or another (or a placebo). The best way to test whether a treatment works.
Observational study
Follows groups of people to look for links, such as between a food and reflux. Can show an association, but not that one thing causes another.
Review
An expert summary of a topic. Useful background, but may reflect the authors' views.

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