Visit to doctors must for infants

DUBAI - “Parents should immediately take their child to a paediatrician, if an infant or a child experiences heavy coughing, rapid breathing and fever spread over several days,” experts advise, with the advent of the winter season.

Bronchitis: What's Going Around? Week of Jan. 17

The "b" word is floating around local doctor's offices this week.  Bronchitis! In Palm Springs Dr. Michael Jardula tells us once again he's seeing an overwhelmingly large number of bronchitis cases coming in to the office. Viral enteritis is also a huge complaint. He says "tis the season and my phones are ringing off the hook." From infants to school age children, Dr. Arturo Quintanilla is ...

Clean Air Standards [Capitol Health Call]

It took more than 20 years, but on December 21, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, an action mandated by passage of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments.

Vaccination program credited in fight against whooping cough

Urging Californians to remain vigilant, officials announce that the state recorded no deaths in 2011 for the first time in two decades. Cases also fell sharply from 2010. Facing an epidemic of whooping cough that led to the deaths of 10 infants in 2010, California public health officials launched a massive vaccination effort and public awareness campaign about the disease.

Lansoprazole does not control asthma in children

Asthma and gastroesophageal reflux (GER) are both common illnesses in children. GER in children often occurs without the typical symptoms of heartburn, and physicians frequently prescribe the acid reflux drug lansoprazole to supplement the standard inhaled steroid treatment for children with uncontrolled asthma regardless of GER symptoms.