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Archive for November, 2009
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It’s Thanksgiving
(Photo by stock.xhng user mikecco.) So have some pie, watch the parade, enjoy your (hopefully) long weekend, and I’ll see you all next week! -
Tuesdays Are Your Turn – Weird Thanksgiving Requests
Remember Type-A Marney and her neurotic Thanksgiving assignment letter? I found an even better one the other day on Margaret and Helen. This one’s not crazy like Marnie’s – instead, it pretty much nails all the annoying family stuff a holiday dinner can bring. Here’s an excerpt: Cloe. I am begging you honey. None [...] -
H1N1 Flu Update – Week Ending Nov. 20
Norway Reporting Possible Problematic H1N1 Mutation Stress on the *possible.* The Norwegian Institute of Public Health found this form of swine flu in two patients who died and one who had a severe case, but this article also includes the following from the institute’s statement: Based on what we know so far, it seems that the mutated virus [...] -
A Roadmap of Asthma Maintenance
(Photo by stock.xchng user tijmen.) Identifying asthma in a little kid is arduous enough and everyone’s got a diagnosis story, but the real work begins after diagnosis. Then you’re looking at a comprehensive strategy of prevention, maintenance, and treatment and a whole lot of guesswork and trial-and-error to get there. Here’s a general sort of roadmap to [...] -
Tuesdays Are Your Turn – Duration of the H1N1 Cough
Several variations of this question have popped up all over the comments. Since we’ve all got different answers, let’s leave ‘em here, in one place: After recovering from the swine flu, how long did you/your child keep coughing? My answers: For me, a non-asthmatic and without Tamiflu, it lasted around five days after recovery. AG, who did [...] -
Too Many Nasal Washes Cause Sinus Infections?
If you swear by nasal washes during flu season like I do, listen up: New research indicates that even as many people use neti pots and other saline delivery systems to help prevent and treat sinus infections, nasal irrigation over the long term may actually up the number of infections you get. The theory behind this? Constant [...] -
H1N1 Flu Update – Week Ending Nov. 13
New Swine Flu Death Estimate Triples Previous Numbers Here’s the biggest H1N1 story of the week. The CDC now estimates that 2 million Americans have contracted swine flu since the first outbreak, and 4,000 of those people have died. While these numbers are triple the former figures, that’s not because H1N1 has suddenly gotten much more [...] -
More on Masks and H1N1 – N95 Research Faulty
This is not something you see everyday. Remember how some research showed N95 masks helped prevent virus transmission better than any other kind? Apparently, at the recent annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Australian team behind that research basically stood up and said, “My bad.” Check out what happened in full detail [...]
