You & Your Family
14
May
2013
A portal just as is suggested by the Latin derivative, is basically a gateway or access into some space or situation. Enter, the 21st Century! with yet another new technology: A Patient Portal. Alas! Patients can now enter and see aspects of their own health records online! Technology and the…
24
Apr
2013
Allergies are on the rise! No one has quite figured out all the answers at this point. There’s the “hygiene hypothesis”, which we spoke about previously and other areas of intense on-going research beyond the scope of this post today. A parent wondered recently and asked if her 13-month old…
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19
Apr
2013
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Joe Pyritz -
A national shortage of Tubersol solution, the solution used to test for the tuberculosis (TB) infection, is forcing a temporary change in procedures for Pinal County’s Public Health program. Effective Friday, April 20, the county will only administer the test to those who are suspected of having TB or people…
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25
Mar
2013
Parental anxiety rises and deservedly so whenever someone shares the discovery of an illness, let alone a communicable one in their child with another parent. The words: hand-foot-and-mouth disease linked together in that sequence certainly evokes a suite of reactions from respect to bounding fear in the other parent listening.…
20
Mar
2013
Tom Shanley calls himself a political junkie. Or at least that’s what he used to be. For the past year, he has been having difficulty remembering things, like names and dates, even words. “I find myself more and more lacking in conversation because I can’t think of a word that’s…
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17
Mar
2013
In pediatric practices across the country, the delicate issue of potty training becomes a theme at preventive health visits typically around the 18th month visit. This period is fraught a good number of developmental changes and milestone acquisition in the toddler. We frequently encounter children and parents for whom the…
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24
Feb
2013
The parents of, 4 year old Sally are concerned about the stuttering they observed a few months ago in their daughter. The stuttering hasn’t improved despite efforts to correct and help the child overcome the stutter whenever it arises. Language and Speech problems in the pre-school age group have become…
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11
Feb
2013
BILL J. HARRISON PRESENTS… Memory & Aging - “You’re Only Old Once”, Wednesday, February 13th @ 2:00 P.M. It’s perfectly normal to forget things now and then. What’s normal when it comes to memory loss as we age? When should you be concerned about memory loss? What can you do…
11
Feb
2013
Diverse symptoms ranging from an infant “spitting up” to overt vomiting or diarrhea or colic are very common in newborn infants. Abdominal pain, flatulence and constipation tend to be more common in older children. All these symptoms often bear a timed relation to the ingestion of the suspected food item…
03
Feb
2013
Food allergies have become extremely common in our collective daily experiences. I recently got my turn to buy snacks for my daughter’s kindergarten class and was impressed by the lengthy allergy list, as I kept glancing at it furtively for compliance while I raced through the snack aisle at the…
25
Jan
2013
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Heather Murphy -
Pinal County’s Public Health program aims to reduce health complications of patients with diabetes by presenting brief educational sessions for the community. “These sessions are designed to help those living with diabetes or those who are newly diagnosed as well as their family members and loved ones,” said Rosanna Ringer,…
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20
Jan
2013
Prevention is better than cure! This often told precept is widely accepted in many settings but it oddly doesn’t enjoy the same courtesy with childhood immunizations in our experience.
