Dr. Starpoli's Blog

Silent acid reflux, also known as Laryngopharngeal Reflux or LPR, is a condition that you could be suffering from without even knowing it, and can...

A new laparoscopic therapy for reflux has been recently approved for the treat of reflux. The procedure requires laparoscopic surgery (small...

A six-month follow up of 12 people with GERD and six others who were not suffering from the condition showed that those with acid reflux had much...

Study: Acid Reflux on the Rise Obesity Increase Likely to Blame, Researchers Say By Salynn Boyles

Dr. Starpoli recently lent his expertise to WebMD on the subject of PPI drugs. Read on:

On September 7th and October 13th, 2011, the first two combined laparoscopic and transoral antireflux procedures were performed at the New York...

In a retrospective study from Japan, the chronic use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), often used in the treatment of GERD, was found to be...

A report was published in the May 18 issue ofA report was published in the May 18 issue of Journal of the American Medical Association. In, what is...

If you have been diagnosed with GERD, you probably have many questions about your diet moving forward. Patients often wonder if they can still eat...

Heartburn is a signature symptom of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), which is a cluster of symptoms and signs associated with regurgitation...