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Friday Links – Now the Pool Will Give You Asthma AND Cancer. Plus, Interferon Treatment Possibility.
Pool Chemicals Linked to Health Problems. Again. I’ve written about swimming pools and lung health several times before, but this research is a little different. University of Illinois researchers used DNA technology to study the cell damage of tap water vs. pool water. Could Interferon for Asthma Mean Losing the Inhalers? Apparently, this protein already [...] -
Already Thinking About Back-to-School, and an Argument for Evaluation
I looked at the calendar the other day and realized AG and the Steadfast Sidekick have only a month of summer break left before they head back to school. AWESOME. I love my girls, you know I do, and they’re fun people to hang out with, but what I don’t love? The summer schedule of [...] -
Habits, and Growing Up Healthy
Some research suggests a connection between childhood asthma and adults with poor health or unhealthy habits. In other news, we redesigned Asthma Mom recently. These two concepts are related, I swear. Just give me a minute to get there. Back when my daughter lived with uncontrolled asthma as a matter of course, she constantly flared [...] -
Eldorado Canyon and the Continental Divide (I Did It!)
Notes From an Asthma Kid Hi! I am so sorry that I haven’t written or commented in awhile! I’ve been REALLY busy. Speaking of being busy, I did something super fun over Spring Break. My family and I went to Eldorado Canyon in Boulder, CO. (My mom wrote about it.) It’s a really pretty place [...] -
Mondays, and Boston Marathon Day
Oh, Mondays. I used to love Mondays. Crazy, right? It’s not, really. Not if you work from home, and sometimes your projects require weekend time. Because when Monday dawns and everyone in your house goes back to work or school, you finally – FINALLY – get 6 silent hours in a row to research and [...] -
Friday Links – Iceland Volcano Ash, COPD Risk, School Traffic
(Photo: NASA Goddard Photo and Video) Iceland Volcano Still Spewing Ash Into the Air Beware the Eyjafjallajokull. Especially if you live in northern Europe in the path of the ash cloud heading east (satellite photo above) and have respiratory problems. -
High-Altitude Hiking with an Asthma Kid
The sandstone cliffs of Eldorado Canyon in Boulder rise up steeply from either side of South Boulder Creek: See what I mean? This is a popular spot for serious rock climbers, and it’s beautiful, although the overcast sky here makes the reddish rock walls look less striking than they actually are. -
Friday Links – Suspensions in School Asthma Death, Vaccines and Junk Science in Cracked
Five Suspended Over Asthma Death of British Schoolboy The Guardian goes into more heartrending detail on the death of Sam Linton and the school’s neglect of his asthma that led to it. Fair warning: this will probably push some of your buttons. An example: A teacher who had been alerted to Sam’s plight by other [...] -
Your Child Is Allowed to Carry and Self-Administer an Inhaler at School
Asthma perceptions may need tweaking for years to come. Schools like this British one don’t always get it right, and lack of awareness can contribute to ignoring or underestimating the danger of a child’s severe flare. However. As of February 2010, South Dakota became the 50th and final state to pass laws allowing students to [...] -
Friday Links – School Neglect, Stress Risk Factors, Bone Marrow
British Court Rules Student Asthma Death a Result of Neglect When 11 year-old Sam Linton suffered an asthma flare at his school in December 2007, he apparently struggled for hours while no one called an ambulance. Later, he died in the hospital. This grievous personal tragedy for the Linton family and the horrifying failure of [...]
