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Archive for May, 2008
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Health Crises in Myanmar and China, Plus How to Help
Statistics sometimes tell the story best: Myanmar Cyclone While it’s hard to pinpoint numbers since the ruling military junta severely limits access and informtion, here are some estimates. 38,491 confirmed deaths 68,833 to 127,990 total estimated dead, according to the Red Cross and Red Crescent 1 million estimated homeless 41,000 missing, according to Mynamar media 4.7 inches of rain possible in the [...] -
Weird Health Wednesdays: Danger Sign, A Knife in the Back, Nuclear Lawyer
I never get tired of the illustrations on uncommon personal safety signs: (Flickr user: Abulic Monkey) (More funny health signs. And more.) Russian Man Drinks, Get Stabbed in Back, Falls Asleep Until, that is, his wife woke up screaming at the sight of a knife sunk 4 inches into her sleeping spouse’s back. Best. Quote. Ever: He said: “We had a [...] -
Midweek Links: HFA Inhalers, New Asthma and Environment Report, Celsias
Don’t miss these three: The New York Times Wrote About the CFC to HFA Inhaler Change Today I doubt the switch or the differences in the new inhalers are news to any of you. AG’s been using the HFA models since fall, when our pharmacy stopped stocking the old ones. Still, it’s nice to see the Times [...] -
Asthma Mom’s Glossary of Specialist & Test Terms
Next-to-last installment of the asthma glossary. As always, see the tab above for the whole thing. Allergist – specialist in the allergy and asthma fields. Allergists conduct allergy tests, administer sensitivity shots, and prescribe medications for allergies and asthma. While allergists have extensive training in asthma, they are not lung specialists the way pulmonologists are. For [...] -
Summer Brings Swimming, Chlorine May Bring Asthma
Florida is a weird state, and it’s mostly misunderstood by non-residents. Tourists think we’re all Universal Studios and Disney World. Beach vacationers remember condos and palm trees only, and snowbird retirees stick to their central and south-central coastal communities. Up here in northwest Florida, though, is like a completely different state. We’re more Deep South [...] -
Friday Links: Mother’s Day – Sierra Club Style, Inhaler Abuse
Ooh, edited to included some self-pimpage. Check me out. I’ve sort of cracked the American Lung Association. Environmental Defense Fund Says Stop Idling for World Asthma Day That’s “idle” as in your car, not your personal habits. Ozone’s bad for asthma so no news there, but in the face of everything we can’t change on our own [...] -
Another Asthma-Friendly Politician
Check out my new Celsias article on Governor Kathleen Sebelius and her fight for clean energy in Kansas. She’s like the Rocky Balboa of the West, standing up to to the Sunflower Electric Power Corporation and its dirty, dirty coal. I can’t figure out which I admire more, taking the hard stance against a gas [...] -
Weird Health Wednesdays: 4 Scary Historical Asthma Meds
I love you, North Carolina. (wipes tear) And now for some old asthma *remedies,* most of which contained arsenic and/or iodides, from the archives of the AAAAI via the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee library. These are the sorts of things that make me appreciate inhalers and prednisone. Click the links for photos. Kutnow’s Anti-Asthmatic Powder This “palliative for asthmatic paroxysms” [...] -
Asthma Worldwide
With World Asthma Day tomorrow, I’ll be blogging about awareness all part of this week. Today, the theme is Asthma Worldwide and based on GINA’s Burden of Asthma report. You can access the entire pdf through the link here, but I’m throwing out my usual quick and easy summary. First, my favorite passage: The burden of asthma [...]
