The WGO Handbook on Heartburn and the GERD Global Guideline are Now Available!

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16 WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS MAY 2016 Editorial | Expert Point of View | Gastro 2016: EGHS-WGO | WDHD News | WGO & WGOF News | WGO Global Guidelines | Calendar of Events The WGO Handbook on Heartburn and the GERD Global Guideline are Now Available! We are pleased to share with you the creation of the WGO Handbook on Heartburn! Featuring nine chapters written by experts around the world, this publication covers articles on various topics including Underlying Mechanisms of Heartburn, Treatment of GERD for Patients, the Pharmacist’s Approach to Heartburn, the Role of Dietary Factors in GERD, and many more! The Hand-book was created as part of World Digestive Health Day 2015 “Heartburn: A Global Perspective.” Co-chaired by Drs. Richard Hunt (UK/Canada), David Armstrong (Canada), and Peter Katelaris (Australia), the WGO GERD Global Guideline is now available! This is the second WGO guideline published to complement the World Digestive Health Day (WDHD) themes, the first was Common GI Symptoms. The WGO’s aim in the guideline is to guide health care providers in the best management of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) through a concise document that provides recommendations based on the latest evidence and has been drawn up in a global expert consensus process focusing on the best current practice. You can access both the Handbook on Heartburn and the GERD Global Guideline by visiting the WGO website Global Guidelines page, the Supporting Guidelines & Cascades page, and the WDHD 2015 Tools and Resources page! For questions regarding WDHD, please email info@worldgastroenterology.org.


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