First, do no harm: Hospital patients given anti-heartburn drugs have higher risk of dying, study finds

Right now, in any US hospital, about half of the patients have a prescription for an acid-reducing drug to reduce heartburn or prevent bleeding in their stomach and gut. But that well-intentioned drug may actually boost their risk of dying during their hospital stay, by opening them up to infections that pose more risk than bleeding would, researchers report.

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