by Bruce Brown | March 4, 2016 | General News, Health
Chronic respiratory disease is a terrifying condition both individually and worldwide. When you’re short of breath even for a few seconds, it’s uncomfortable and often scary. Imagine how it would be to feel that way all the time. According to a report by...
by Alfred Poor | February 11, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
Your child has a cough. Is it serious, or will it just get better on its own? Is it a simple cough from a cold, or is it asthma or pneumonia or some other condition that needs professional medical attention? If you’re a parent, you’ve probably been through...
by Bruce Brown | February 4, 2016 | General News, Health
Breathing is pretty important; the alternative doesn’t bode well for anyone. But the life-enabling process of breathing can also have a healing or calming role. Two fairly common conditions that many of us have at times are hyperventilation and minor panic...
by Bruce Brown | December 29, 2015 | General News, Health, Medical
As many as 50 million people in the United States suffer from asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). With both conditions, airways swell and obstruct breathing. Patients typically carry inhalers that they use when their airways start to close. These...
by Alfred Poor | November 10, 2015 | General News, Medical
Between 6 and 12 million children suffer from head lice infestations every year in the U.S. alone. They spread through direct contact (lice and their eggs die within a day or two if they fall on the ground), so it’s common for them to affect children in...