MONDAY, Jan. 11, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A type of heartburn medication called proton pump inhibitors may be linked to long-term kidney damage, a new study suggests. Prilosec, Nexium and Prevacid belong to this class of drugs, which treat heartburn and acid reflux by lowering the amount of acid produced by the stomach.
Scranton is the sixth-largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania behind Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie and Reading. It is the county seat of Lackawanna County in Northeastern Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley and hosts a federal court building. With a population of 76,089, it is the largest city in the ScrantonâWilkes-BarreâHazleton, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of about 570,000.
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. 1874 Maps of Pennsylvania and Scranton by Samuel Augustus Mitchell, Drawn and Engraved by W. H. Gamble, Philadelphia. Eastern section of Pennsylvania, enlarged 150% (413 KB), Click map to see. Section of Pennsylvania, enlarged 200%, that now is Lackawanna County and surrounding counties. 1874 Scranton map (182 KB) showing the numbered ward boundaries, as well as the location of Forest Hill and Dunmore Cemeteries (upper right corner), and the railroad lines.