Tag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Finally!
More standardization gives more legitimacy to children with food allergies; hopefully, less bullying. Kudos to Mike Stobbe from Tulsa World who wrote this. http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/food/feds-post-food-allergy-guidelines-for-schools/article_72009af5-fb0a-5aac-ade7-ff8ae23e8191.html
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Health Care Changes Will Affect Your Asthma Regimen
Europe and the United States differ on many things including how we look at war and how often we pick our noses…yes it’s true about rhinotillexomania (nose picking). Perhaps this is why Europeans will reach for a nose spray FIRST to treat allergies and then go for antihistamines. Yes, there’s even a Dr Oz…
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I usually don’t trash talk, but….
You should be concerned about the effects of asthma medication on the developing fetus; fortunately, birth defects are rare and often overstated, but you always have to maintain vigilance for new developments. Why the concern about atresia? Maternal Asthma Medication Use May Cause Certain Birth Defects Approximately 4% to 12% of pregnant women…
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Obesity is not a simple fix!
The patient with asthma has special challenges besides learning which inhaler to use at the right time. Obesity makes asthma worse and asthma is a risk factor for obesity. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Treating obesity will require multiple concurrent strategies….there is no one size fits all! http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/wellness/story/2012-05-09/obesity-epidemic-strategies/54813912/1
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Don’t light up! Is This Your New Year’s Resolution?
This is a New Year’s resolution you love to hate. Success rates for smokers may not look all that great, but you triple your chances of being a “quitter” if you use medications combined with counseling. This article has lots of quotes that I left as is. Despite the known dangers of smoking, about 20…
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I’m Worried about Whooping Cough
Grandparents eager to hold the new baby in the family this holiday season should add vaccines to their shopping list. The whooping cough vaccine given to babies and toddlers loses much of its effectiveness after just three years, a lot faster than doctors believed, and that could help explain a recent series of outbreaks in…
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