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It’s Not You, It’s Me
We’re changing a little of the design and a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at Asthma Mom, so if things look a little weird, don’t worry. The site will return to normal working order Monday morning soon, and all content will remain available in the meantime. -
Swine Flu Update – Week Ending Oct. 23
H1N1 Cases in England Double in One Week If there were any doubt left about how contagious this strain is: Last week = 27,000 cases This week = 53,000 cases CDC Calls H1N1 a “Disease of the Young” New CDC research from Sept. 1 through Oct. 10 shows that of the swine flu fatalities studied during [...] -
Cleaning House
Not literally, though. I have no plans to clean my actual, literal house anytime soon. By *house* I mean *this blog,* which will go through some minor renovations next weekend. Most of the work involves background stuff you’ll never see, but some of the visible design and a little of the navigation (though not much) will [...] -
Fall Allergy Cities
(Photo: SXC user pixkit) In non-H1N1 news, which this site does still cover sometimes, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America released its autumn allergies report for the 100 largest cities in the United States. McAllen, TX gets the dubious honor of number one, and my metro area (Denver) hit 84. To see the other regions [...] -
The Truth About Health Care Reform
For the record: This blog supports health care reform and a public health option, and longtime readers know that’s in part because of my experience with the inability to acquire health coverage during the first half of my pregnancy with AG in 1998. What those frightening months of no insurance – and therefore no maternity care [...] -
Dear New York Asthma Parents
Are you in the Queens area? Feel like helping a graduate student out with an article? Sure you do! Check it out, straight from my inbox to you: Hi all- I’m a student at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and I work full time in promotion at NBC Universal in NYC, and I’m hoping some [...] -
National Jewish Gets $10 Million for Asthma Prevention, Treatment
Here in Denver, we have the best respiratory hospital in the U.S., National Jewish Health. If you’re not already familiar with National Jewish, you may remember the excellent indoor air quality test kit I reviewed for them about a year ago. It was announced today that David Eddings, a fantasy author who died June 2, left [...] -
Asthma Headlines: Swine Flu, Yoga, Obesity
The American Lung Association has created a swine flu page. As long suspected, yoga appears to help asthma, but (and this is key) only in conjunction with – and not in lieu of – regular maintenance medications. Finally, while obesity doesn’t appear to make asthma symptoms worse, it can affect the way the body reacts to asthma [...] -
On this Economy and My Story: Some Lists
When AG was around 15 months old, I left my full-time job for what was meant to be the first few years of her young childhood. This was in the spring of 2000. I had graduated from college in the spring of 1998, so I had not traveled a terribly long distance down the career [...]
