While mumps itself is not necessarily dangerous, it is the complications resulting from mumps that can put one at risk. These complications include: Meningitis and encephalitis. Meningitis is characterised by headaches, a stiff neck and heightened sensitivity to bright light. Encephalitis is more serious than meningitis. Symptoms include irritability and sleepiness. In extreme cases the sufferer can fall into a coma which can result in death. Other side effects include deafness. Boys are more prone to Encephalitis than girls.

The symptoms of mumps are not always visible in every case. However, when symptoms do arise they can include tiredness, swelling of glands-particularly the salivary glands which can cause ones face and neck to appear swollen. Children between the ages of four and ten are more prone to getting mumps but it does occur in adults too. Pregnant women need to be particularly cautious as mumps has been known to cause miscarriages if the woman is in her first trimester.

Finally, there’s HealtheVet – the VA’s attempt to modernize its well-known VistA health information system. Recognizing the need to take advantage of today’s technology, the VA has reported its desire to upgrade VistA to help provide modern support for records accessibility, information collaboration, and ease-of-conformance to the ever changing HIPAA regulations. The VA received failing grades from Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute, who was hired by the VA to perform a technical analysis on HealtheVet. The results of this report concluded that the “current plans to replace VistA are not realistic given the complexity and magnitude of HealtheVet”.

Mumps is sweeping the Midwest with the speed of a California wildfire. Doctors have diagnosed a thousand cases of the viral disease, and there's no end in sight. Those most at risk for severe disease in the outbreak are adults with waning immunity and unvaccinated children.

Adult cases are understandable. After all, immunity from vaccination can decline over time. The involvement of unvaccinated children, on the other hand, is inexcusable. Free MMR vaccine is available to every American child at local Health Departments, and moms and dads who fail to get it for their children should spend an afternoon in the public stocks with "bad parent of the year" signs hung around their necks Vaccines are becoming victims of their own success. Today's parent doesn't remember the day when measles and diphtheria killed thousands of American children. They weren't around when polio paralyzed a generation. They didn't witness the miracle of Dr. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine. In those days parents clamored to get their kids immunized, and thousands of children were spared a lifetime of metal braces and wheelchairs.

Rubella or German measles is a mild, febrile viral disease characterized by a rash and fever. The rash is clinically indistinguishable from those produced by measles, parvovirus B19 and scarlet fever. This highly communicable disease is contagious from about 1 week before and four days after onset of the rash.Rubella is important because of its ability to cause problems with the developing fetus. Congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) can cause miscarriage; and mental retardation, deafness or cataracts and other birth defects in the newborn.

Prevention is through vaccination. The MMR vaccine was first licensed for use in 1971. This vaccine should be given in two doses at 12-15 months and the second at 4-6 years. Some adults should get one dose of the vaccine if they were born after 1956 and have no record of having the diseases or vaccinations. As an adult you don't need the vaccine if you meet certain criteria such as age or negative blood tests.A few years ago, a MMRV vaccine was developed which includes protection against varicella or chickenpox.In some developing countries, these diseases are still very present and it is recommended to ensure vaccination is up to date prior to international travel.

The MMR-autism flap began in 1998 when Dr. Andrew Wakefield, a British bowel specialist, conducted a chart review of twelve patients. Really, I'm not making this up. Twelve patients. Based on that chart review, Dr Wakefield concluded that MMR causes intestinal inflammation, which leads to "leaky bowel," which allows harmful toxins to enter the body. These toxins then travel to the brain and cause autism. Since every autistic child in the developed world had received an MMR vaccine and since autism is most commonly diagnosed between the first and second birthdays, around the time of the MMR, many parents of autistic children clung to the report like a colony of mold on old bread.

The Veteran’s Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture, more commonly known as VistA, is an electronic health records system developed by the VA in the late 1970s. Highly efficient in its design methodology, VistA system engineers worked side-by-side with clinicians in order to build the system to closely reflect the practice of medicine. With over 100+ modules covering virtually every aspect of health care delivery, it is a highly complex yet fully fledged electronic health records system. VistA has proven to lower the VA’s cost of care and improving the efficiency of its 1000+ medical facilities.

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