Individuals with achalasia show a higher risk for mortality than matched reference individuals from the general population, new research shows.

A study found an association between achalasia and eosinophilic esophagitis and other allergic disorders, supporting the hypothesis that an allergic etiology underlies some cases of achalasia.

ACHALASIA and hiatus hernia are not often found in the same patient. The rarity of this association has been commented upon very briefly by several physicians,1 2 3 4 ...