Heartburn can kill.

Repeated dousing in acid and bile reflux can change the lining of the esophagus and eventually cause cancer, doctors have learned.

A fairly new procedure to burn off the portion of the lining that is susceptible to cancer is being used at the Nebraska Medical Center and Creighton University Medical Center.

The technology is called HALO ablation and is the best strategy available for defeating the precancerous condition called Barrett's esophagus, physicians say.

A consultant at Noble's hospital has unveiled a groundbreaking idea in the fight against obesity.

Dr Emran Khan wants to see a "walk to burn" figure printed on all food products, showing approximately how many hours an average person would have to walk to burn off the calories consumed.

Need to lose a few pounds? Try these surprising choices and they'll actually help you get slimmer quicker...

Peanuts

Research shows they curb hunger pangs and help control blood sugar levels as well as make a caloriecontrolled diet easier to stick too.

Slimmers can easily incorporate a handful of peanuts a day (181 calories, 16g fat) into a calorie controlled diet and benefit from their appetitecontrolling capacity.

In favor of the tax
“Sugary sodas or juices are one of the main causes of obesity, and by raising the tax it may decrease obesity in children and adults. It could also help schools or services to get a better budget and hire more workers.?

Conventional wisdom holds that a fat baby is well-loved, but pediatricians are warning parents not to go overboard.

A study released today in the journal Pediatrics suggests that rapid weight gain during the first months of infancy can predict obesity and high blood pressure later in life.

National Nutrition Month, March, is an annual nutrition education and information campaign created by the American Dietetic Association. The ADA's mission is to promote optimal nutrition and well-being for all people. The National Nutrition Month campaign focuses attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits.

This event was first launched in 1973 as "National Nutrition Week." This weeklong event was enthusiastically embraced by ADA members and growing public interest in nutrition. By 1980, National Nutrition Week had grown to National Nutrition Month.

Tax breaks are a better way to use wasted taxpayer money

According to the Center for Disease Control Prevention, 63 percent of Nevadans in 2007 were overweight or obese.  This is almost 15 percent increase over a 10 year span, when less than 50 percent of Nevadans fell into these categories.  

According to a 2008 research conducted by Calorie Lab, we are ranked the 37th state in the nation in terms of highest obesity levels. What does this mean for the 36 states before us?  It has been reported by researchers of the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health that by 2030, as much as 86 percent of the entire American population will be overweight or clinically obese.

During the course of our careers, we have reached across partisan lines and teamed up to address national nutrition issues. In the wake of President Nixon's 1969 White House Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health, we worked together to focus the nation on the issue of hunger in America and successfully sponsored a series of legislative initiatives improving food stamps and school nutrition programs and established the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) program.

Ninth graders whose schools are within a block of a fast-food outlet are more likely to be obese than students whose schools are a quarter of a mile or more away, according to a study of millions of schoolchildren by economists at the University of California and Columbia University.

Childhood obesity is a thorny issue without simple solutions, but that hasn't daunted healthcare experts who work diligently to come up with viable proposals to help kids lose weight and get in shape.