Acid Reflux Expert Beth Anderson shares Acid Reflux management news and commentary at AcidRefluxConnection.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/74098 http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/74098/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/74098 http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/74098/35451/diagnosed Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:16:00 -0400 Beth Anderson PAGER received a call from a reporter last Friday. The reporter talked to Jennifer Rackley and asked whether we think acid reflux is over diagnosed in young children. Apparently, she had interviewed a number of pediatric gastroenterologists who all shared this opinion. I've been hearing muttering about reflux being over diagnosed for the past several years. About three years ago, the comments and discussion came out in the open. I attended a... http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/74098/35451/diagnosed http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/74098/32473/learning-read Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:09:00 -0400 Beth Anderson A new reality show premiered the other day. The Baby Borrowers on NBC is about five teen couples who believe that they are ready to start families. Instead of giving them an egg, a bag of flour or a doll that cries, the producers give them real babies.   One of the promos for the show was a clip of a baby puking and the teens almost losing their lunch at the sight. Baby barf on prime time? This I have to see! The promo also said this... http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/74098/32473/learning-read http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/74098/31863/turning-eating Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:21:00 -0400 Beth Anderson Read part I, II and III in this series:   Katie's First Days with Acid Reflux Katie's First Weeks with Acid Reflux Katies First Months with Acid Reflux   When Katie stopped eating at four months, it took a few days for us to get worried. We had heard about the babies in an earthquake who survived six days without food or water and two days didn't strike us as dangerous. We were wrong.   We were very lucky to have an... http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/74098/31863/turning-eating http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/74098/20700/katies-months Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:52:00 -0500 Beth Anderson Read Part I and II in thise series:Katie's First Days with Acid RefluxKatie's First Weeks with Acid Reflux  We moved to rural Iowa when Katie was just over a month old. Eric and I were raised in Iowa and had always intended to move back to raise our kids. One of Eric's friends from California landed a job with a nursing home chain and called Eric to offer him a job running a facility in a small town. We thought this was the... http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/74098/20700/katies-months http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/74098/19968/early-acid Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:56:00 -0500 Beth Anderson Read Beth Anderson's first post about her daughter Katie's first days of life and GERD Katie was born 17 years ago and doctors in Washington D.C. diagnosed her with acid reflux within days. But it was weeks before it had any impact on our family. GERD AND DIFFICULTY BREATHING The next several weeks were a blur. Nobody really expected Katie to settle in when everything was so out of control. Katie was in ICU for the first week... http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/74098/19968/early-acid http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/74098/19531/days-acid Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:58:00 -0500 Beth Anderson My daughter Katie was born in October 1990. Her birth went smoothly and all was well for her first few hours of her life. Later that night, an announcement went out on the loud speaker: "Code Pink to Green West." It didn't mean much to me and I was too groggy to really notice the sound of running in the hall outside my room. A little while later, a doctor came to my room and told me that my daughter had "coded" and had to... http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/74098/19531/days-acid http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/74098/17417/health Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:00:00 -0500 Beth Anderson HealthCentral's experts are writing about major health issues for the 2008 presidential election. Add your comments--and watch for more opportunities to come.  My husband is a very good-looking guy with a full head of silver hair. If you meet Eric, you would think he looks like a perfectly healthy, almost 50-year-old. But looks are deceiving.   Several years ago, at age 39, Eric was diagnosed with a blood clotting disorder... http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/74098/17417/health