As food prices climb, I encourage you to avoid the pressure to choose cheaper, processed, additive-dense foods for you or someone you love who may have acid reflux. The phrase that describes this exchange is "trading down" food choices and this phrase is already being used by politicians to describe one way in which some American families are... Read more
Studies have shown that anywhere between 50 and 90 percent of patients with asthma experience some aspect of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). But does GERD cause asthma or does asthma cause GERD? Researchers at Duke University Medical Center appear to have found support for the first scenario - that GERD may drive the development of... Read more
If you are expecting a baby, you can almost expect to have acid reflux. It is estimated that as many as 8 out of 10 women experience acid reflux, some for the first time in their life, when they are pregnant. Multiple factors cause acid reflux in pregnancy, including hormonal changes and weight gain. These reflux symptoms are usually the most... Read more
Each week, I try to share with you what I have learned about
acid reflux. My experience has been gained through my role as a caregiver to my
son, a co-editor of a reflux book, and as a doctoral student and researcher of
the psycho-social impacts of illness.
But gastroesophageal reflux disease can be tricky. And
sometimes, even after... Read more
Scintigraphy may become the newest tool to detect acid
reflux in children. Research from Pakistan shows scintigraphy to be highly
effective at safely diagnosing reflux, while delivering smaller doses of radiation
as compared to the more traditional barium x-ray test.
Scintigraphy is a diagnostic test in which a 2 dimensional
picture... Read more
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