Dr. Morgan Yost - Pocatello ENT Specialist

Dr. Morgan Yost - Pocatello ENT Specialist Board-Certified Ear, Nose, and Throat Specialist
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https://www.drmorganyost.com/lpr-checklist

Dr. Morgan Yost is a board-certified ear, nose, and throat surgeon based in Idaho. After years of treating patients with chronic throat clearing, dizziness, and sinus problems, he turned his medical experience into easy-to-understand resources for everyday people. He’s the author of How to Stop Throat Mucus and Lost Your Balance?, and the creator of online programs that teach lasting relief throug

h lifestyle, medical, and ENT-based strategies. Beyond the clinic, Morgan is a family-first entrepreneur — running several Idaho-based ventures including Yahler Capital, Gem State Poodles, and Gem State Surgical Devices. His mission is simple: make complex health topics clear, practical, and actually useful in real life.

09/08/2026

If you have throat clearing, globus, mucus, cough or hoarseness, does that prove you have LPR?

Not necessarily.

That's what makes this new research so interesting. Instead of creating another questionnaire that simply counts “LPR symptoms,” researchers are trying to predict who is actually more likely to have proximal or pharyngeal reflux on objective testing.

This is Day 1 of a three-part series. Tomorrow we'll calculate the score. On Day 3, we'll talk about what low, intermediate and high risk actually mean—and what the score cannot tell you.

09/07/2026

Does sinus surgery actually improve sleep?

A prospective multicenter study followed adults with chronic rhinosinusitis before and after endoscopic sinus surgery. Patients reported significant improvements in both sleep quality and sinus-related quality of life after surgery.

Interestingly, objective measurements including total sleep time, sleep latency, and awakenings after falling asleep didn't significantly change.

It's a great reminder that feeling like you're sleeping better and changing measurable sleep parameters aren't necessarily the same thing.

09/04/2026

Could LPR be associated with changes in the bacteria living in our mouths and throats?

A new study compared the salivary microbiome of 67 patients with objectively diagnosed LPR with 44 asymptomatic controls. Researchers found differences in microbial diversity and overall community composition, along with associations between certain bacteria and digestive substances such as elastase, trypsin and bile salts.

It's preliminary research, and association does NOT prove causation. But it raises an intriguing possibility that LPR may involve changes in the upper-airway environment that extend beyond simply thinking about “too much acid.”

09/03/2026

Why are we so concerned about identifying and treating profound hearing loss early in a baby's life?

It's not because we're in a hurry to perform surgery. It's because the brain is developing incredibly rapidly during these early years.

A new study of 150 children with congenital severe-to-profound hearing loss adds to the evidence that age at cochlear implantation matters for auditory, speech and language development.

A cochlear implant provides the signal—but the developing brain still has to learn what that signal means.

That's why early hearing screening, appropriate hearing-aid trials, early intervention and timely cochlear implant evaluation can be so important.

09/02/2026

Can a saliva test diagnose LPR?

Salivary pepsin testing is becoming increasingly available, and there's good reason to be interested in it. Pepsin originates in the stomach, so detecting it in saliva provides evidence that gastric contents have traveled upward.

But a new systematic review and meta-analysis highlights an important limitation: diagnostic accuracy varies depending on the cutoff used.

For now, I think salivary pepsin is best viewed as another piece of information—not a definitive test that proves or excludes LPR.

🎙️ The full conversation with Molly, The Reflux Dietitian, is live now! We get into LPR, medications, diet, lifestyle, p...
08/29/2026

🎙️ The full conversation with Molly, The Reflux Dietitian, is live now! We get into LPR, medications, diet, lifestyle, pepsin, sleep, stress, and what actually helps patients move toward recovery.

Watch the full episode here 👇
https://youtu.be/sJ2Qq7xQ7Sk

08/29/2026

This may be one of the most important things I've learned from treating difficult chronic throat symptoms: the symptoms can be completely real while stress and hyper-awareness simultaneously turn up their volume. Sometimes part of recovery is giving yourself permission to stop monitoring your throat every minute.

08/28/2026

We spend a lot of time talking about what people with LPR should eat. But what about the next eight hours? Meal timing, lying flat, nighttime reflux and the quality of your sleep can all be part of the picture. Don't obsess over the perfect reflux pillow while ignoring whether you're actually getting enough sleep.

08/27/2026

Sometimes the behavior that gives you a few seconds of relief can actually perpetuate the problem. Repeated throat clearing can irritate the throat, which may create even more sensation—and another urge to clear. Breaking that cycle starts with awareness.

08/26/2026

Sometimes the simplest LPR strategies are the easiest to overlook. If you're eating shortly before lying down, even a relatively reflux-friendly meal can become a problem. Tonight, try closing the kitchen at least three hours before bedtime and see what you notice tomorrow morning.

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