Antacids work quickly to relieve heartburn but provide short-lasting relief. Histamine-2 blockers reduce stomach acid by preventing histamine action and offer relief within 30 to 90 minutes. Proton ...

Antacid medicines help patients control their acid reflux. What if they also contributed to better overall survival rates in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)? This ...

Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, the research arm of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, launched a clinical trial studying histamine 2 blocker famotidine (sold under the brand name ...

Mast cells are abundant in the intestine and release H, an autocoid which has been implicated in the etiology of necrotizing intestinal disorders. We investigated the effect of histamine receptor ...

You might not associate an allergy attack or seasonal sniffles with a weekly workout — but a chemical in the body ties them together in one unexpected way, suggests new research. A study released ...

The FDA is warning patients and healthcare providers that some ranitidine medicines, common heartburn drugs, contain a potentially cancer-causing impurity. The rantitide drugs were found to contain ...