Welcome to the sort-of new Asthma Mom site!
Remember to change your feeds and bookmarks!
The other blog will stay up for a wee bit longer in case you forget, though.
You’ll notice the header looks the same, and I promise it’s changing soon. Plus, I’ve added my Amazon store over there to the right. If you like, […]
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The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America rolled out their annual list of the 100 hardest places to live if you have asthma, and the top 10 portion has some of the usual suspects on it:
1. Knoxville, TN
2. Tulsa, OK
3. Milwaukee, WI
4. Atlanta, GA
5. Memphis, TN
6. Allentown, PA
7. Charlotte, NC
8. Greenville, SC
9. St. Louis, MO
10. […]
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Writing about anything other than the election feels like a waste of time today, on my state’s primary day.
You’d think I’d feel especially powerful with my U.S. citizenship and my right to vote and my residency in this crucial state of Florida, wouldn’t you? I don’t, though, because I’m a Democrat.
While I hate in theory […]
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(Shellfish is one of the main food allergies.)
I’m working on a long post right now. A long one. Since it’s going to end up as a static page, I’m taking extra time with it. In the meantime, check out this expansion of the common triggers page, a better explanation and more detail on flare-inducing foods.
Food […]
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I can take my own hint.
After pushing Friday Links to the weekend for the past 2 weeks, I’ve decided to move the feature to Saturdays from now on. That’s where it usually ends up, anyway. Plus, rather than use Saturday Links to describe new additions to the sidebars, I’m also going to include interesting bits […]
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In CNN’s Empowered Patient series, correspondent Elizabeth Cohen examines how to stay informed, on top of your health, and in good communication with your doctors. The most recent installment is Are You an Obnoxious Patient? and the inflammatory headline aside, you should really go read it if you want this post to make any sense.
I […]
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Did you vote in Medgadget’s 2007 Medical Weblog Awards?
The winners were posted yesterday, so please head over and check out the winners and the finalists. Maybe you’ll discover some new favorites!
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(Photo: Gary Meek, Georgia Tech)
This is the kind of innovative thinking that will probably help solve the asthma puzzle. Do you remember that movie Toys with Robin Williams and Joan Cusack? The one about the general who takes over the surreal toy factory? The plot was kind of all over the place, but parts of […]
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I know the weather’s gotten pretty bad in the rest of the country when my Florida children have to wear coats to school, although I do live about as far north as you can go and still be in the Sunshine State. Since we’ve just come out of an arctic front, and my area is […]
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Let’s talk about blame a little bit.
Last week I read this excellent post on the problem with blaming and/or judging parents for developmental disorders in children. Among the many insightful passages was this one:
Most tragically, it is parents (like Sally’s) who have kids with significant developmental and behavioral challenges that are the most likely to […]
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