To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
From: Peter Bates
Subject: Re: MED: reflux & calculated risks
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At 11:50 19/12/99 -0700, you wrote:
Most singers have to be continually vigilant about reflux.
>
>Dr. Candace Magner (DMA, not MD)
>University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Dept of Fine Arts / Music
>magner-at-la.unm.edu Homepage http://www.vocalist.org/magner

I followed a discussion about reflux before on vocalist and I was puzzled,
I've been singing in the UK for 40 years, and rather than "having to be
continually vigilant about reflux" I'd actually never heard the word used
until I saw it in a posting here.

Now, I take it that what we're talking about what is called "heartburn" in
common Brit-speak - but that's still not something that I've ever worried
about as a singer, or know anyone else worry about.

Have I, or the singing circles I've moved in, just been lucky? Or is there
some cultural difference in diet or lifestyles that makes this a US issue?
I'd be intrigued to know if other UK/European singers see "reflux" as a
significant problem to guard against.