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Archive for February, 2008
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Want $25? Got Time for an Asthma Focus Group?
Check it out, straight from my email to you: WEGO Health is a consumer health website and we are hosting an Asthma Focus Group on behalf of one of our advertisers. The groups are being held on Thursday, February 21 at 11 a.m. ET, 6 p.m. ET, and 8 p.m. ET. Participants will be compensated [...] -
Allergies, Colds, and My Neuroses
Helping my kid navigate her way through asthma has felt like a microcosm of parenthood in general, and I’ve long suspected it’s the same for other parents of children with chronic but not (usually) life-threatening disorders. We’re constantly having to make those midline decisions between letting go and hanging on, choices most parents don’t have [...] -
The Famous People with Asthma List
Lists are always popular, maybe they encapsulate information in such an easy-on-the-eyes way. Apparently, I like lists enough to patch this one together back when I was editing the BellaOnline asthma page. Today is President’s Day in the U.S., which technically means we’re honoring past presidents like Washington and Lincoln. The real-life impact of the [...] -
Sunday Links: Asthma Research Edition
A recent medical procedure in the family (not the girls’ and not serious) makes these a day late. Asthma and Allergy Drugs to Treat Causes, not Symptoms, on the Horizon And by horizon, I mean a few years from now. This new London research indicates that targeting a specific protein involved in the allergic response will prevent [...] -
Photo Show, and a Walk Through History
Want to see some pictures to really make you appreciate modern medical technology? Check out these historical photos from the Library of Congress’s pilot program on Flickr. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, the LOC put up a large variety of old photos with no known copyright restrictions so Flickr users could tag [...] -
I Can Get Behind This Valentine
I’ll explain this banner and its significance for Valentine’s Day in a moment, but first let’s revisit the allergy subject. You may have been following the Is it Allergies? Is it a Cold? story about Asthma Girl’s sister here at the Blog of Inferior Breathing. Alternatively, you may have been watching paint dry because I’m fairly [...] -
Valentine’s Chocolate for. . . Coughing?
Normally, I wouldn’t post about a 4 year-old piece of asthma-related research, but this one’s entirely too entertaining to pass up. Plus it involves chocolate, so I may as well post it in honor of Valentine’s Day. This is pretty much the only way I’ll celebrate Valentine’s Day besides my annual *Buying of the Good Quality [...] -
Win $25
No, not here. Head over to Is My Cape Fluttering? and tell Asthmagirl (the blogger, not my kid) and her daughter your favorite funny movie or TV quote in the comments. Yep, it’s just that quick and easy, and the best entry wins a $25 Amazon e-gift card. (You don’t need a blog to enter, just [...] -
The Pollen’s Back
This time of year finds me stocking meds and tissues for my non-asthmatic kindergartener, and two words will tell you why: Allergy season. Spring comes to north Florida a whole lot sooner than the rest of the country and today, for example, the high will reach 68 degrees. We’ve still got a few weeks of temperatures fluctuating [...] -
Saturday Links: Smoking Edition
A Michigan State University professor published the first evidence of an asthmatic dying after exposure to secondhand smoke. Apparently, while we all know the dangers of secondhand smoke to people with asthma, this is the first known evidence of an immediate, fatal effect. MSU researchers are studying links between the workplace, asthma, and fatalities in [...]
