Posted on June 30th, 2008 by Amy
It’s pretty clear what most of us what in our medical care:
Reasonable wait times. Open and respectful doctor-patient communications. Doctors who listen. High-quality treatment.
What do doctors say about us, though, especially when they can remain anonymous? Reader’s Digest talked to 24 doctors and therapists about “medical secrets,” and some even used their real names.
You’re going […]
Filed under: Asthma Mom Tips, Children's Asthma, Children's Health, Doctor-patient relationships, Healthcare | 7 people talking »
Posted on June 27th, 2008 by Amy
Want to Understand How Humidity Levels Affect Asthma?
One of the clearest and most comprehensive explanations I’ve read yet. With links, too, courtesy of the RT Cave, a respiratory therapist blog.
Just What Oil Companies Need: More Dough, Less Accountability
The Supreme Court cut ExxonMobil’s damages from the 1989 Valdez spill in Prince William Sound from the appeals […]
Filed under: Air Quality, Asthma News & Research, Asthma Triggers, Children's Asthma, Children's Health, Environment, Friday Links, Healthcare | 3 people talking »
Posted on June 26th, 2008 by Amy
I’ve written a couple of times before that I wouldn’t turn this blog into a comprehensive asthma source. For one, the Internet isn’t hurting for good asthma pages–like here, here, and here.
And also?
Asthma Mom morphed into a blog also about air quality and pollution, children’s health, and of course a weekly collection of strange medical […]
Filed under: Asthma Girl, Asthma Mom Tips, Children's Asthma, Children's Health | 6 people talking »
Posted on June 25th, 2008 by Amy
Yes, you read that correctly. And it’s not just a sing along, either. You get an awareness campaign for testicular cancer self-exams, a bluegrass parody, and a rundown of anatomical slang, all in one funny package. (pun totally intended) Even better? It originally comes from the awareness site Carpe Testes.
Get it?
It’s pretty innocent, but if […]
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Posted on June 23rd, 2008 by Amy
You’ve heard of mystery shoppers, I’m sure. They conduct business transactions or pretend to browse/window shop in certain stores in order to evaluate, in secret, the customer service skills of employees.
As Well’s Tara Parker-Pope explains, the American Medical Association was considering whether to support fake undercover patients in waiting rooms as a way to ensure […]
Filed under: Healthcare | 6 people talking »
Posted on June 20th, 2008 by Amy
C-Sections Increase Childhood Asthma Risk by 50%
Research has suggested the connection between Caesarean birth and asthma before, but this is the clearest link yet. The Norwegian study looked at 1.7 million births over 30 or so years, and emergency C-sections upped the risk even further. And asthma risk during vaginal birth increased with vacuum or […]
Filed under: Air Quality, Asthma Causes/Risk Factors, Asthma Girl, Asthma News & Research, Asthma Triggers, Children's Asthma, Children's Health, Environment, Friday Links | 5 people talking »
Posted on June 18th, 2008 by Amy
Man Survives 2.5 Inch Nail to the Head
Two things about this story:
1. The Kansas City man shot the thing into his own head when his nail gun went off accidentally.
2. You’ll never guess what the doctor used to get the nail out. (Click to find out.)
If You Don’t Like Detailed Medical Photos, Don’t Click This
But […]
Filed under: Weird Health Wednesdays | 4 people talking »
Posted on June 17th, 2008 by Amy
A few months back, I created the Steroid Question tab up there because I think parents of the newly diagnosed carry on an internal debate over maintenance steroids for kids more than any other aspect of asthma care.
Well I did, at least. The idea that inhaled steroids would actually help rather than hurt was […]
Filed under: Asthma Meds, Children's Asthma, Children's Health, FDA Issues | 1 person talking »
Posted on June 16th, 2008 by Amy
When I was in eighth grade, I used to walk around with a big *Save the Rainforest* sticker plastered across my clarinet case. I belonged to a magnet school that encouraged creativity and critical thinking, and my newfound environmentalism was one result. But I had the typical fervent-yet-shallow belief of the new recruit. While I […]
Filed under: Air Quality, Asthma Girl, Asthma Mom Tips, Asthma Moms and Dads, Bio, Children's Asthma, Children's Health, Environment | 4 people talking »
Posted on June 13th, 2008 by Amy
Living Near Heavy Traffic Increases Kids’ Asthma by 50%
This isn’t the first study linking auto emissions with asthma, but it’s the clearest connection I’ve seen yet. Munich researchers studied 6,000 four and six year-olds and after controlling for other risk factors, discovered the risk of asthma and allergies is 50% higher for kids living 165 […]
Filed under: Air Quality, Asthma Causes/Risk Factors, Asthma News & Research, Children's Asthma, Children's Health, Environment, Friday Links, Self-Pimpage | 4 people talking »
