Over-diagnosis of reflux in infants leads to needless medication
Thu, April 04, 2013
Babies cry and spit up … and too often those common symptoms are labeled as disease, according to a new study conducted by U-M researchers. Frequent use of the GERD label can lead to overuse of medication. The study was published online today in the journal Pediatrics.
Stories have already been published by Reuters, Yahoo News!, MedPage Today, NPR, MSN Healthy Living, CBS News, and the Chicago Tribune, among others. Laura Scherer, PHD, Brian Zikmund-Fisher, PhD, Angela Fagerlin, PhD and Beth Tarini, MD are authors on this study.