Archive for April 14th, 2009

  • Another Coal Lawsuit – South Carolina

    Another Coal Lawsuit – South Carolina

    Here’s yet another lawsuit trying to stop another dirty, dirty coal-fired power plant from being built. This one’s planned for Florence County, on the banks of a river whose fish already have high mercury levels. Check it out: A lawsuit filed today by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of state and national advocacy groups [...]

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  • Hope for Prednisone-Induced Bone Loss

    Hope for Prednisone-Induced Bone Loss

    Severe and/or adult asthmatics, this one’s for you: You know how taking oral steroids often can weaken your bones? Here’s evidence that instead of taking daily medication, people with bone loss may benefit from injections of a drug called Reclast just once a year. According to this Novartis research, the injections prevented and reversed steroid-related bone loss [...]

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  • News from the Asthma Blog World

    News from the Asthma Blog World

    Okay, we’re a small crowd. Asthma bloggers make up a very tiny fraction of the Internet, so we’re less a whole “world” than maybe a village or a town instead. Just a neighborhood, even. A smallneighborhood. Anyway, if you’re behind on reading like I am, did you miss these? Diane redesigned her site. Rick (respiratory therapist & blogger) [...]

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  • Asthma Mom Renovations

    Asthma Mom Renovations

    While this site may look no different than before, I’ve been rearranging lots of information behind the scenes. Mostly I’ve reorganized content, a superficial change that actually introduces a sitewide transformation. Namely, from tomorrow on, the writing here will move away from article format and into shorter post territory instead. During the first year and [...]

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