GERD may lead to Barrett's esophagus, a type of intestinal metaplasia, which is in turn a precursor condition for esophageal cancer. The risk of progression from Barrett's to dysplasia is uncertain, but is estimated at about 20% of cases.
The Newell Manufacturing Company was founded in Ogdensburg, New York in 1903 as a manufacturer of metal curtain rods.
Founded by five supervisors who had been fired from the Schatt & Morgan Cutlery Company which had been founded in 1897 in Gowanda, N.Y. when the company purchased the Plattsâ factory there, the company moved to Titusville in 1902, bringing men and materials with them to the new factory location where the two companies were in competition for about ...