Managing Acid-Related Disorders Through the Ages of Mankind

A supplement to Internal Medicine News supported by a restricted grant from TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc.
Symposium Highlights of articles based on presentations given at a continuing medical education symposium held on October 22, 2002, in Seattle, Wash.

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INTRODUCTION
A.Mark Fendrick, MD
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Health Management & Policy
University of Michigan Medical Center
Ann Arbor, MI
Research Grants: TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., Procter & Gamble Company, Merck & Co., Inc.; Consultant: TAP, AstraZeneca, Procter & Gamble, McNeil-PPC, Inc., Merck; Speaker: TAP.

GERD OFTEN OVERLOOKED IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS
Harland S. Winter, MD
Director, Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Massachusetts General Hospital for Children
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Grants: Procter & Gamble, AstraZeneca, TAP, Wyeth, Centocor, Inc., Elan, Con Agra; Research Support: Procter & Gamble, the Anneberg Center; Consultant: AstraZeneca, Wyeth.

PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS REMAIN STANDARD FOR GERD
Richard H. Hunt, FRCP, FRCP(C), FACG
Professor of Medicine
McMaster University Medical Centre
Hamilton, Ont.
Consultant: Abbott Laboratories, Axcan Pharma Inc., AstraZeneca, Merck & Co., Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., Procter & Gamble Co., TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc.; Investigator: Axcan, AstraZeneca, Merck, TAP.

HEALING AND PREVENTION OF NSAID-ASSOCIATED GASTRIC ULCERS IN ELDERLY PATIENTS
David A. Peura, MD, FACG, FACP
Professor of Medicine
University of Virginia Health Sciences Center
Charlottesville, VA
Speaker: TAP, AstraZeneca, Wyeth, McNeil, Merck.