Ear Infection

Question: Please help settle a family dispute. My 91-year old mother lives 70 miles away in an independent living facility. Her memory is failing, as she was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Pets are allowed, but residents need to be able to...

Newport Beach's water quality during rainy weather improved dramatically at the city's beaches over the last year but continued to rate poorly along the bay, according to a report released by Heal the Bay. The recently released score card monitored water...

If you’re one of the estimated one in five Americans that have some form of allergy and are currently suffering from a runny nose, sneezing and water eyes, don’t put the tissues away just yet. Because of Michigan’s climate, seasonal...

Water quality has remained high in the last year at Laguna's beaches, according to Heal the Bay's annual Beach Report Card released last week. Almost all of Laguna beaches received A grades for the summer months in the report, which monitored water...

Ear infections may be a common part of childhood, but "there are several strategies that can lessen the chance your child has to experience the pain and discomfort," says Phillip Snider, a family practice physician and registered dietitian in Norfolk, Va....

An Indiana woman charged with animal neglect after authorities last week removed 17 sickly dogs from a feces-filled home near rural Lowell surrendered to police today. Vicki Moon, 62, is free on $1,000 bond after turning herself in to police in Lake...

Sniffling, sneezing, runny nose? Most likely it's the common cold and not the flu. Area health services report that the numbers of people presenting with "influenza-like illnesses" are running true to form for the time of the year when the viruses...

Dr. Amy Balka, a family practice physician with Eagle Harbor Primary Care in Isle of Wight County, offered these tips for a healthy 2011. 1. Exercise. "Exercise is probably one of the best life-changing things that people can do," Balka said. It...

Brandi Bender, Salisbury, is breastfeeding her 5-month-old son, Mason, and breastfed her daughter, Audrie, until she was 1. Audrie is now 2 1/2. “I do it because of the antibodies,” she said. “And it makes you take time with your baby....

As a busy mother of three children under the age of 4, Alice Chamberlin was thrilled when a walk-in clinic opened in Greencastle. "It's so convenient. You don't have to make an appointment, and the longest I've had to wait was 10-15 minutes before...

Our story is one that almost did not happen.   Lauren and I met in March of 2007.  It didn't take long for me to know that she was "the one".  I am absolutely crazy about her.  By the summer of 2010, I knew that it was time to "pop the question".  I...

The topic of a smoke-free ordinance in Jessamine County seems to be a taboo subject. Oh, every now and then there will be a brief interest in discussing it, but it seems serious talks continually keep getting put off. In a June 16, 2010, article in...