Having to deal with asthma is bad enough, but to make matters worse, one out of every three asthmatics in this country also suffers from acid reflux.* For years doctors thought that treating acid reflux might be able to help with asthma. But a new study in the April 9th issue of the New England Journal of Medicine casts some doubts about that.

Matthew Leitz has lived with asthma most of his life and has become accustomed to always having medicine nearby - he doesn't go anywhere without his inhaler.

"I would say about once a month I have something serious enough to call it an asthma attack. Other than that, it's a lot of wheezing and coughing," says Matt.

But inhalers are only part of the prescription for some people with asthma…