Dr. Phil Hariram's Health Blog

Taking An Attention Deficit Disorder Test
There is a lot more information on attention deficit disorder testing now than there was in the past.  Today, there are many children that are affected by this disorder and need to be tested to diagnose their particular issues and help them to function more efficiently in school and every [...]

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There has been numerous questions asked about the safety of mobile phone and so far no one has given conclusive proof that it is dangerous. What I do know, is that if there are dangers, it should not be used by the young simply because the skull is thinner than in adults and [...]

My son, in his teens, did not have acne but I noticed that when he went  off on Ice Hockey weekends, he always returned very spotty. At home his diet was controlled but when away he had lots of junk foods.
I always suspected that that there is a strong relationship between diet and acne. A [...]

Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis should benefit from the new range of drugs called Tumour Necrotic Factor Inhibitors (Anti-TNF).
Tests on three of these new drugs slowed progression and reduced symptoms by up to 50%.
Research at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, has shown that these three drugs are most effective in combination with the standard treatment, [...]

Acid reflux is extremely common in infants and usually resolves in the first year. For these children, conservative treatment is all that is needed. Small frequent feeds, thickened feeds and positioning the infant to minimise reflux are measures used.
However, true GERD in children, although uncommon, warrants investigations. Before considering investigations, it is important to exclude [...]

Studies comparing thickened feeds with placebo produce confusing results. Here are a few.
A study of 20 children aged between one and sixteen weeks compared children on feeds thickened by carob flour and children on Saint John’s bread. Carob flour is a bean gum preparation and Saint John’s bread is a feed without fibre or polysaccharides. [...]

Studies show that position has an effect on the level of reflux in infants.
Prone position significantly reduces reflux compared with supine (lying on your back) position. There is, however, a relationship between prone position and SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) in infants. Do not put your child in the prone position unless advised to [...]

Gastro-esophageal reflux disease in infants develop following reflux of stomach contents into the esophagus.
A survey of children attending hospital for further investigations found in a group of 69 children with GERD with a mean age of 16 months, 72% had recurrent bouts of vomiting, 36% had abdominal pain, 29% had feeding difficulties, 28% had failure [...]

Gastro-esophageal reflux disease in infants develop following reflux of stomach contents into the esophagus.
A survey of children attending hospital for further investigations found in a group of 69 children with GERD with a mean age of 16 months, 72% had recurrent bouts of vomiting, 36% had abdominal pain, 29% had feeding difficulties, 28% had [...]

In children with reflux symptoms, conservative treatment is very often effective. Reflux in infants is very common and the problem usually settles down by the year one.
There are, however, a few children where symptoms persists. If this is associated with failure to thrive, weight loss, restlessness, crying, poor feeding pattern, or anaemia, then intervention is [...]