Peptest News & Industry Updates
Taking reflux symptoms questionnaires
Traditional non-invasive tests for diagnosing reflux have included questionnaires. They are convenient and useful for building up a picture of a patient’s symptoms and whether any treatment is having an effect or not.
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Is it heartburn or indigestion?
Heartburn or indigestion? People with gastrointestinal complaints struggle to get a diagnosis or treatment because many conditions share similar symptoms.
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Reflux disease linked to epilepsy deaths: study
A new study by researchers at Purdue University in Indiana suggests that reflux plays a role in sudden unexplained death during an epileptic seizure.
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Introducing our new-look reflux home-testing kit
RD Biomed is delighted to introduce the new Peptest packaging and instructions designed to enrich our customer’s experience and make reflux home testing easier than ever.
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Peptest – a ‘very specific’ reflux diagnostic tool
Peptest has been described as a ‘simple, inexpensive, non-invasive’ and ‘very specific’ diagnosis tool for laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR), according to a new research study in Spain.
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10 reflux tips for Christmas
Too much food, alcohol & stress can trigger reflux symptoms, including heartburn, belching, bloating and nausea: here’s 10 tips for surviving Christmas.
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Peptest exhibited at Laryngology Study Day
Biohit Healthcare, the distributor for Peptest in the UK and Ireland, is exhibiting at a British Laryngological Association study day this month.
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Peptest presented at Czech Republic conference
RD Biomed and the Peptest team headed to the Czech Republic’s largest pulmonary disease conference in Pilsen in early November.
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Peptest video guide for medical professionals
Video production company Pixelwave Creative has helped us create a helpful step-by-step video guide for medical professionals using Peptest.
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Non-allergic rhinitis and reflux disease
Non-allergic rhinitis (NAR) is a condition that causes chronic sneezing, congestion, or runny nose – symptoms similar to gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. So is there a connection?
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Gastroparesis and reflux disease
Gastroparesis means paralysis of the muscles of the stomach and is a chronic condition where the stomach can’t empty itself in the normal way and food passes through more slowly than usual.
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Study finds China has higher rates of reflux disease than expected
A new large-scale study across Shanghai and Beijing in China has revealed the prevalence for GERD in the Chinese population is much higher than previously reported.
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