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The average human swallows 500 to 700 times a day. Imagine if each of those swallows were a struggle. For many who suffer from esophageal motility disorders like dysphagia, which affect the way ...

New York, Aug. 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Global Market Study on Ineffective Esophageal Motility Treatment: Increasing Prevalence of GERD ...

Esophageal manometry is an outpatient test used to identify problems with movement and pressure in the esophagus that may lead to problems like heartburn. The esophagus is the "food pipe" leading ...

Esophageal manometry is a test used to help diagnose issues with your esophagus or lower esophageal sphincter (LES). Your esophagus is the tube that connects your throat to your stomach. Each time ...

Opioid users vs opioid nonusers were significantly more likely to have a diagnosis of dysphagia (65% vs 51%; P <.01) as well as hypercontractile esophagus (9% vs 3%; P <.01) and distal esophageal ...

The study comprised 3,976 patients, which included patients with achalasia or esophagogastric junction outflow obstruction (30%), eosinophilic esophagitis (13%), GERD (13%) and normal activity (39%).

For the study - published in the Oct. 13 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine - researchers tracked all patients with Barrett's esophagus living in Denmark between 1992 and 2009.