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Not Freaking Out About the Swine Flu
With my new shorter-and-more-frequent blogwriting strategy, I had planned to post a few more times on Friday and maybe even over the weekend, especially since I wanted to catch up on posts around the asthma blogger neighborhood. I’ll be honest with you, though: I got distracted by the swine flu. To be even further honest, [...] -
Earth Day Freebies, Discounts & More
I have a strong degree of. . . . ambivalence when it comes to Earth Day. Creating awareness about sustainable choices, the importance of relying on renewable resources, and other assorted environmental hot topics is always a good thing – particularly when it comes to air quality, my own personal soapbox issue. But everyone knows [...] -
Go Take a Walk
Five years ago, I put together a team for my first Asthma Walk. It wasn’t a huge team, but we raised a fair amount of money for the event’s sponsor, the American Lung Association. Since the walk took place at Tampa’s excellent Lowry Park Zoo, the kids had fun, too. In the photo above, a [...] -
Could Combo Inhalers Help the Asthma Gap?
Yesterday, I posted about some AAFA research on a perpetual problem in asthma treatment, the practice of stopping inhaled maintenance steroids when flare symptoms disappear. Recent Cochrane studies point to a possible solution, though–a combination inhaler somewhat like Advair, except it contains a short-acting beta-agonist and low-dose steroid rather than a long-acting one. The formoterol/budesonide [...] -
Asthma Patients Still Have Misperceptions of Control
Alternate post title: Asthma General Awareness and Perceptions (G.A.P.) survey, part II Of the 1,001 patients who participated in telephone research, 97% understood the risks of uncontrolled asthma but 70% misunderstood the concept of asthma control itself. Here’s how the researchers recognized the misunderstanding: that 70% stopped taking their maintenance meds once their asthma symptoms [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
Hiatus/Housekeeping
Asthma Mom is on hiatus this week because I am: - Playing catch-up from last week’s San Antonio trip - Looking for a full-time job in the Denver metro area - Repurposing the site’s navigation and focus Yes. You’re going to see some changes around Asthma Mom starting next week. Some have to do with [...]
