-
Acid Suppression & CVD
Results of a prospective cohort study published in the International Journal of Cardiology add to the evidence suggesting that acid suppression via proton pump inhibition is associated with an increase in the risk for cardiovascular disease. This was a well-known cohort, part of the UK Biobank Study, and included nearly 460,000 participants without cardiovascular disease…
-
Acid Suppression & Dementia
Recently published in Neurology is an analysis of the relationship between incident dementia and proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use among participants in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, a community-based cohort. The possible association between PPI use and dementia has been examined in a number of case-control and cohort studies, with mixed findings. For…