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Archive for November, 2008
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Dear Michelle Obama – One Asthma Mom to Another
http://www.theasthmamom.com/2008/11/10/dear-michelle-obama-one-asthma-mom-to-another/ (Photo from BarackObama.com) Dear Michelle Obama, With all the focus on your husband, his transition team, his appointment of Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff, and his potential moves to shore up the U.S. economic situation, I’ve been reading a little bit about the transition to the White House you’re facing as well. And I’ve got a proposal [...] -
Friday Links – Kids’ Flu Shots, Asthma Meds + Obama’s EPA Chief Shortlist?
Flu Shots Protect Kids Even Better Than Thought New research of 2,500 kids found that even when the flu strains in the vaccine don’t match the flu viruses actually circulating that season, the shots cut doctor’s visits for flu symptoms in half. Huge Spike in Kids’ Meds, Including for Asthma The Pediatrics journal published the above study and [...] -
Reduce Indoor VOCs For Your Asthma Kids
Back before the final days of this election stole my brain, I wrote this post about Environmental Working Group’s recent roundtable on kids’ health and exposure to VOCs in the home. In it, I promised to write more about VOCs and asthma in particular. I’ve divided this post into sections starting with a quick definition on [...] -
Obama!
(Photo: BarackObama.com) Barack Obama makes history, will become the 44th President of the United States. January 20th, 2009–Inauguration Day–can’t come soon enough. States Won Obama won the popular vote as well as the electoral one and transformed the political map. He flipped Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, and Virginia–which hasn’t voted Democrat since 1964. Click for full [...] -
Fired Up, Ready to Go for a History-Making Election
It’s an incredible time to be alive, isn’t it? Today we’re voting in either the first black president in the history of the United States or the first female vice president in the history of the United States. Either way makes history. And it’s an amazing time to be raising children old enough to understand the implications [...] -
On Florida, the 2000 Election, and Every Vote Counting
Regular asthma/parenting/air quality/breathing content will resume Thursday. Until then, like a lot of other people I’ve given up focusing on anything other than this election. Tomorrow’s the big day, finally. As of Saturday, 2.5 million Florida voters had already cast their early ballots, including me. Over the weekend, an old college friend I haven’t talked to in [...]
