Archive for April, 2008

Asthma Mom’s Glossary of Medicine Terms

What’s a bronchodilator, anyway? How can antihistamines help asthma symptoms? Here’s another addition to the Asthma Mom Glossary, definitions for all the asthma and asthma-related meds I can think of. Did I leave one out? Just let me know. Antibiotic – destroys or stops the growth of bacteria that causes an infection. Antibiotics will not [...]
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Saturday Links: Antifeminist Whoville, Parent/Pediatrician Relationships, Olympics 2008

Finally! Another Irate Parent Who Hates Horton’s Favored Son Storyline For awhile there, it looked like commenter Isadora and I were alone in our disgust over the gender inequality in Horton Hears a Who! Now NPR’s Peter Sagal has taken his own two daughters to the new Dr. Seuss movie, and he’s full of rage. [...]
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The Friday List: Four Surprising Asthma Statistics

1. California, New York, and Texas have the most asthma sufferers. 2. Puerto Ricans have the highest lifetime asthma rates of all ethnic groups. - 80% higher than non-Hispanic whites, in fact - Combine that number with Mr. Asthma Mom’s family history of allergies and my daughter’s premature birth. Even if you tried to conceive [...]
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An Asthma Mom in the French Quarter

While packing for my New Orleans trip last week, I realized my visits there link all the different chunks of my life like almost nothing else. After my first trip as a kid, when I got older I spent many nights with high school and college friends on Bourbon Street, ignoring all the best parts [...]
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