Asthma School Program Reduces Symptoms, Absences
California middle and high school students who participated in an asthma education and management program in their schools exhibited fewer symptoms and fewer missed school days because of asthma. Considering kids take control of their own asthma care sooner than previously thought and they spend the majority of their day in school, programs like this make a lot of sense.
The U.S. Death Map
Researchers at the University of South Carolina figured out where in this country people have the highest chance of dying in natural disasters, and then mapped the results. Here are two interesting sentences from the article:
People living in the South along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts have a higher likelihood of dying from a natural hazard compared to residents of the Great Lakes area and urbanized Northeast.
I live in the South along the Gulf Coast. In other words, hurricane country.
[O]ther risky areas included. . . . the Rocky Mountain region (Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico) with winter weather and floods as top killers.
Aaaand, that’s where I’m moving. I’ve been–and will continue to be–living on the edge, apparently.
Holiday Health Myths
This CNN article isn’t groundbreaking information, but I didn’t know that A) poinsettias aren’t really toxic and B) eating right before bed doesn’t put on more weight than eating too much at any other time of the day.
Men’s Health: The Year’s 20 Health Heroes
All the usual end-of-year lists are sprouting on websites and in magazines. This one’s on people “working to make the world healthier, through their actions and their inspiring stories” and some of the more famous names include Barack Obama, Lance Armstrong, and Michael Pollan. (via Huffington Post)
I live in NM and seriously it seems like the least likely place for a natural disaster! That is one of the things that keeps me here, the lack of tornadoes (they do happen but are rare), earth quakes, and hurricanes! I guess our disasters may be more frequent but on a smaller scale? I honestly never considered living here all that dangerous!