GERD negatively impacts sleep quality, results in considerable economic burden
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - 00:14
in Psychology & Sociology
Bethesda, MD (Sept. 1, 2009) -- There has been much debate about the relationship between gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and sleep. Three new studies in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology explore GERD's effect on sleep quality and the health-care system as well as how a widely prescribed sleeping pill may mask the disease.