What Doctors Don't Tell YouEPILEPSY: If you’ve been told your child has it, he probably hasn’t
At the first sign of an elevated temperature, worried parents attempt to treat a fever. However, fever is the body’s in-built infection control.
My daughter had a febrile seizure on her first birthday, less than two weeks after MMR vaccination. Of my three children, she’s the only one who has had convulsions. Her early childhood health was poor, with recurring ear infections, high...
New evidence has confirmed what observation has shown for years - that the MMR vaccine significantly raises the risk of febrile seizures.
Emily Kane NDStroke ;Strokes are brief episodes involving a lack of oxygenate
Janet Zand LAc OMDMeasles is a serious, highly contagious viral infection of childhood. Symptoms include fever, malaise, cough, runny nose and conjunctivitis. The seriousness of measles lies in the potential for complications following the illness itself such as...
Influenza is a viral infection of the respiratory tract that is very contagious and is spread by contact with an infected person, and can reach epidemic proportions in the winter months. Dr. Janet Zand discusses the common causes and outlines a...
Seizures may occur at any stage in life from newborn to old age. But the etiology or underlying cause may vary from patient to patient. Rare causes are organic brain diseases. For the child who develops seizures such conditions may be ruled out by...
American Institute for Preventive MedicineHIV/AIDS ;AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. It
A seizure is like a short-circuit in the brain. Information in nerves in the brain gets mixed up. There are many signs of a seizure. Here
