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800, 345, 7339 on the web at utter Cream.com. It's estimated that eating disorders affect more than 30.

It's estimated that eating disorders affect more than 30 million Americans.

It's not just a problem of overeating.

This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grayden.

In this country, a lot of us have a strange relationship with food. We may rarely sit down to meals but we eat all the time

Fast food and snacks on the run. Do we end up short-circuiting our natural cues of hunger and satiety.

Despite the fact that eating disorders are common and sometimes deadly, they haven't gotten the

respect and research funding that other medical conditions do.

What can be done about this hidden epidemic?

Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, learn how to recognize and overcome eating disorders.

disorders.

First, the news.

In the People's Pharmacy Health Head proton pump inhibitors such as omeeprazol or lensoprazol

may increase the risk for stomach cancer. These drugs are very popular for treating acid reflux and heartburn, both in over-the-counter and prescription forms.

They are often part of the regimen for eradicating heliobacter pylori, an infection that can lead to stomach ulcers and increase the risk

for stomach cancer. Getting rid of the bug usually reduces the risk for a gastric

cancer. A new study from Hong Kong compared people taking

PPPIs long term to those taking another type of acid reducing drugs

such as cymetidine. The scientists found that even after H pylori was successfully treated, long-term

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