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Friday Links – Inhaler Identification, Vitamin D, More on Javonte Woods
About.com on Color-Coding Kids’ Inhalers When my daughter was little, I used to write out pages and pages of instructions for her babysitters. No, I don’t mean her Asthma Action Plan – I’m talking about my notes and explanations that accompanied her action plan (isn’t asthma fun?) This wonderful tip would’ve saved me at least a [...] -
Things That Matter – MLK Day 2010
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. More MLK Quotations Unlike many collections, this one sources each quotation with speeches and dates. Synopsis from How Stuff Works A summary of Dr. King’s role in the civil rights movement and the movement itself, some video, and links to [...] -
The Devastation in Haiti
Haiti was the poorest country in the Western hemisphere even before a 7.0 earthquake hit it this week. Infrastructure was weak to begin with and collapsed in the quake. Now the whole country suffers: According to the Red Cross and via CNN, the earthquake affected approximately 3 million, meaning 1 in 3 Haitians are dead, injured, and/or [...] -
I’m Sort of Back
I’m slowly – and I do mean S-L-O-W-L-Y – getting myself onto a post-holiday routine but lemme tell ya, it’s hard. For starters, the girls don’t go back to school until Wednesday. WEDNESDAY! What was the school board thinking when they created this schedule? Clearly, it wasn’t about telecommuters who need to get some work done. Also, [...] -
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! -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
H1N1 Flu Update – Week Ending Nov. 6
Discover Magazine’s Flu Wars Discover’s December 2009 issue showed up in my mailbox the other day, on November 4th. Makes total sense. The screwy timing of magazine publishing aside (and that’s not news to anyone who’s ever held a subscription to any publication, I’m sure), check out the illuminating, if scary, article about pandemic flu in this [...] -
H1N1 Flu Update – Week Ending Oct. 30
ABC News Delves Deeper into CDC H1N1 Map After surveying 60 hospitals, ABC describes some possible state-by-state trends to provide a more detailed profile of swine flu cases across the country. Peramivir Treatment for Severe H1N1 Flu Technically, this CDC Q & A is for health care providers, but reading it may help give you a little reassurance [...]
