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Title: Hazardous heartburn: reflux disease may cause discomfort and raise your cancer risk, but lifestyle changes and medications can reduce the burn now.(Digestive Health)
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Title: Heartburn in the Hamptons: as Indians sue and Latinos grow restive, the upper class frets in its clubhouses.(COLUMNS; Shinnecock Hills Golf Club)
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Title: Nighttime GERD Affects 79% of Adults With Heartburn.(gastroesophageal reflux disease)
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Title: New law requiring E-Verify creating 'heartburn' for builders.
Author: Wally Northway
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Date: September 22, 2008
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Title: John Elway: on the road to relief: no longer plagued by persistent heartburn, the former pro athlete shares a winning strategy to tackle the all-too-common, painful problem head on.
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Date: July 1, 2005
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This digital document is an article from Women's Health Letter, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2004. The length of the article is 917 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: This do-it-yourself therapy costs nothing and can relieve headaches, heartburn, and back pain.
Publication: Women's Health Letter (Newsletter)
Date: September 1, 2004
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Volume: 10Issue: 9Page: 6(2)

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Title: Office of Advocacy wants to know what gives small firms heartburn; reducing regulatory burden on small businesses at state level is latest push.(Office Of Advocacy)
Author: Bruce Goldberg
Publication: Westchester County Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 15, 2003
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Title: Office of Advocacy wants to know what gives small firms heartburn; reducing regulatory burden on small businesses at state level is latest push.(Office Of Advocacy)
Author: Bruce Goldberg
Publication: Mississippi Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
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This digital document is an article from Environmental Nutrition, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2007. The length of the article is 795 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Feel the burn? 12 tips to douse the fire of heartburn.
Author: Catherine Golub
Publication: Environmental Nutrition (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2007
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