Dr. Deb

Whooping cough is on the rise with 25,000 possible cases per year compared to only 1500 in the 1980s. 2010 saw 3 times the number than even just the previous year in our area and 10 infants died as a result of the disease in California.

40% of parents have delayed or not given their child a vaccination according to the CDC. This month the one study of only 12 patients that falsely promoted the risk of autism in vaccines has been determined a fraud by the British Medical Journal and the author, Wakefield, had had his license revoked. Still parents are distrustful of vaccines.

The rise of Whooping cough cases is more complicated that children not getting vaccinated, which I will explain, but for certain, vaccination is the best way to protect your family from this disease.
What causes Whooping Cough?
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Took a moment this snow day to edit a little movie with my family from the holidays!

Enjoy!

I am not sure how I feel about New Year Resolutions. Too many times in my life I was starting that Monday diet that I followed “perfectly”…. until I didn’t. Then it was as if the floodgates opened and I made up for all the time that I felt deprived.

Perhaps that is why 80% of people that made resolutions for 2011 will break them, and most don’t make it through the end of January.  With almost 2 out of 3 people in my city overweight and 26% smoking, people do need to make some healthy changes, especially after the holidays.  Here are my “livable” New Year’s Resolution Tips that will help you to make long lasting lifestyle change.

Dr. Deb’s “Livable” Resolution Tips

1. Break It Down

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