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  • Lung Tumor Gene Test Predicts Surgery Outcomes

    Respiratory / Asthma News From Medical News Today
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:00 pm
    An assay which measures the activity of 14 genes in lung cancer tumors can accurately predict who will respond well to surgery and who will probably die within five years, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, reported in The Lancet...

  • Asthma rate and costs from traffic pollution higher: Much higher than past traditional risk assessments have indicated

    ScienceDaily: Asthma News
    25 Jan 2012 | 7:27 pm
    A team of resource economist researchers has revised the cost burden sharply upward for childhood asthma and for the first time include the number of cases attributable to air pollution, in a new study.

  • Thankful Thursday #3

    The Road I'm On
    26 Jan 2012 | 6:40 pm
    It is Thursday again? Time is flying! So, you ask, what am I thankful for? Well, here goes. Being able to work with one of the most motivated people I have met, and more improtantly having the honor of being her friend. We may only see each other twice a year, but we work on tons of projects together for G-PACT so we can make a difference in the lives of thousands of patients.Being able to help others as they go through similar situations I have been in before, be it getting into vet school or coping with a new diagnosis. SleepMusicDid I mention sleep?Being alive.

  • Chrome Users: Try the WordPress.com Extension

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    Christopher Finke
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:54 pm
    Want to receive WordPress.com notifications instantly, even when you’re not on WordPress.com? Add the new WordPress.com extension for Chrome and as soon as you get a new follower or a new like on one of your posts, a notification will appear in your browser: Simply click the icon to view your latest WordPress.com notifications: Start following new blogs without visiting WordPress.com The Chrome extension also makes it easy to follow sites from your WordPress.com account by displaying a Follow button whenever you’re browsing a site that has an RSS feed. Clicking the Follow button…

  • How to introduce yourself to a patient?

    Respiratory Therapy Cave
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:17 pm
    Your humble question:  What is the best way to introduce yourself to a patient and to identify the patient without breaking confidentiality rules?My humble answer:  There really is no rule how to introduce yourself.  However, due to confidentiality laws (like HIPPA) I find it's best never to say the name of the patient.  My technique is to get the patient to say his or her name so I don't have to.  I usually do the following:I pick up the written (printed) order and take it with me to the roomI always introduce myself as I enter the room:  "Hi, I'm Rick from…
 
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  • Thankful Thursday #3

    26 Jan 2012 | 6:40 pm
    It is Thursday again? Time is flying! So, you ask, what am I thankful for? Well, here goes. Being able to work with one of the most motivated people I have met, and more improtantly having the honor of being her friend. We may only see each other twice a year, but we work on tons of projects together for G-PACT so we can make a difference in the lives of thousands of patients.Being able to help others as they go through similar situations I have been in before, be it getting into vet school or coping with a new diagnosis. SleepMusicDid I mention sleep?Being alive.

  • K9 Rehab?

    25 Jan 2012 | 5:15 am
    One of our K9 Rehab clients blogs and gave me premission to post a link to her blog so you can see some of our facility in action. Her blog is Wag n' Woofs . Her pup is spending the first couple of days this week at ISU so I'm getting to know him personally. Lastly, one of the dogs who is there often (who was my patient last week) proved to have a special talent yesterday. I'll tell you more about it later, but she's a freakin cool dog.

  • Art--Take 2

    24 Jan 2012 | 5:48 am
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  • The Belly Press

    22 Jan 2012 | 7:10 am
    I blog over at The Belly Press for G-PACT, the organization I am the PR director for among other things. I you are interested in reading the posts feel free to head over weekly and read them. I will post link on my side bar so you can find the blog easily.

  • Winter Fun

    21 Jan 2012 | 12:06 pm
 
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  • Chrome Users: Try the WordPress.com Extension

    Christopher Finke
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:54 pm
    Want to receive WordPress.com notifications instantly, even when you’re not on WordPress.com? Add the new WordPress.com extension for Chrome and as soon as you get a new follower or a new like on one of your posts, a notification will appear in your browser: Simply click the icon to view your latest WordPress.com notifications: Start following new blogs without visiting WordPress.com The Chrome extension also makes it easy to follow sites from your WordPress.com account by displaying a Follow button whenever you’re browsing a site that has an RSS feed. Clicking the Follow button…

  • Your Stats Have a New Home

    Andy Skelton
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:46 am
    Are you addicted to checking your site stats? You are not alone. The stats dashboard has always been one of the most popular admin screens. It’s gratifying to know that people are visiting your place online. With the WordPress.com front page evolving into a one-stop shop for posting, exploring, following and reading blogs, it seemed natural to put your blog stats there, too.  Stats are becoming more and more about interacting with your readers and other bloggers. You’ll still see your summary stats and chart on your main dashboard, and the full stats page in your dashboard will…

  • Reblogging is Back!

    Erica Johnson
    22 Jan 2012 | 1:27 pm
    As we mentioned last week, you can like and reblog posts directly from your reader, which displays a stream of all the updates published on all the blogs you follow from your WordPress.com account. We’ve also brought the reblog button back to the toolbar that appears at the top of the screen when you’re logged into WordPress.com. Note that you’ll only see the like and reblog options while you’re looking at individual posts. For example, you’ll see this on the left side of your toolbar while viewing http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/read-blogs: And your…

  • New Theme: Newsy

    Philip Arthur Moore
    20 Jan 2012 | 12:18 pm
    It’s been an extra big week in the news ’round these parts, so much so that the launch announcement of our latest premium theme seems like an extra extra good way to headline our Friday. Newsy is a versatile business and news-friendly theme that offers up to ten different layouts, four footer columns, custom link and accent colors, and a custom site header. Brand and content-focused editorial teams will love publishing with this theme. Newsy: Home Page Designed by Themify, Newsy comes with an impressive set of Theme Options that afford you a great deal of flexibility with how you…

  • Read All Your Favorite Blogs in One Place

    Erica Johnson
    19 Jan 2012 | 6:04 pm
    If you feel like it’s a chore to keep up with all your favorite blogs, you can now read posts from all the blogs you follow (even the ones that aren’t on WordPress.com!) in one convenient place on the WordPress.com home page: Your reader displays all the posts across all the blogs you follow in the order they were published, with the most recent content appearing at the top. You’ll see an excerpt of the introduction to each post, the first image in the post, and thumbnails of any other images that the post contains. You can even like and reblog WordPress.com content directly…
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  • How to introduce yourself to a patient?

    26 Jan 2012 | 11:17 pm
    Your humble question:  What is the best way to introduce yourself to a patient and to identify the patient without breaking confidentiality rules?My humble answer:  There really is no rule how to introduce yourself.  However, due to confidentiality laws (like HIPPA) I find it's best never to say the name of the patient.  My technique is to get the patient to say his or her name so I don't have to.  I usually do the following:I pick up the written (printed) order and take it with me to the roomI always introduce myself as I enter the room:  "Hi, I'm Rick from…

  • It's good that we are here

    26 Jan 2012 | 9:02 am
    I've seen death for what it really is.  I've seen the road to death. Yet what impresses me more than anything is when a person who is closing in on the pearly gates is okay by it.  I was reminded of this the other day as I entered the room of a 100-year-old man and he smiled.He was among the most pleasant patients I've ever had.  His smile was bright and cheery as my 2-year-olds.  His vision of death perhaps the same.  He's obviously seen much, and most of those he has spent his time with are now gone.Yet here he is sitting in this recliner, most of his teeth…

  • Doctor Lexicon

    25 Jan 2012 | 5:37 am
    The Doctor Lexicon: 1. Stupid doctor orders: Doctor Orders written based on habit and with no scientifically proven value; doctor orders that are based on antediluvian theories.2.  Normal doctor orders:  Doctor Orders written based on scientific evidence3. Antediluvian theories: Theories that are old and outdated yet are still worshipped by doctors like the hypoxic drive theory.4.  Regular theories:  Based on a rational guess5.  Scientific fact:  Proven by science6. Unfettered Doctor Power: Power doctors were given by people who refuse to question them.

  • Should I worry if I take too much Ventolin at once?

    24 Jan 2012 | 4:12 pm
    Your question:  I accidentally mixed two amps of albuterol and one amp of duoneb into my nebulizer.  I didnt' realize what I did until I finished the treatment.  Should I be worried?My humble answer:  You'll be fine.  Albuterol and Duoneb are both safe medicines, even when doubled up like that.  If it makes you feel any better, during my hardluck asthma days I went through an entire albuterol inhaler in a day, more than once.  When patients are sick we often give back to back to back albuterol or duoneb or both treatments.  They are much safer than…

  • 10 tips to gain control of your asthma

    23 Jan 2012 | 11:41 am
    The following is from healthcentral.com/asthma."How to gain good control of your asthma."  (Originally published 6/20/11)So you're tired of your asthma controlling you and now you've decided to gain control of your athma.  The question lingering is:  How do I gain control of my asthma?You'll want to do all of the following:1.  Call your doctor.  Let him know your concerns.I'm unable to exerciseI'm unable to even walk across a roomI've been missing too much workI've been using my rescue inhaler every dayI feel chest tightness every spring2.  Work with your…
 
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  • Green World Multivitamin Children Review. Lagos Nigeria

    edmarknigeria
    21 Jan 2012 | 1:51 am
    Hi Friend, GREEN WORLD MULTI VITAMINS for Children can: Function： Supplement of various vitamins Description： Vitamin is a lower molecular organic compound essential to maintain the vital activity, which plays an important role in the reaction of energy generation and process of material metabolism. Most vitamins can not be produced by the human body and can not be stored in the body in large amount. So people can only get vitamin from diet. However, there is a great loss of vitamin during cook and different vitamins are contained in various foods, so it is impossible for people to get…

  • Feeling rubbish

    sheridan001
    21 Jan 2012 | 1:19 am
    Woke up this morning feeling breathless and slightly wheezy. PFER is 350, so not bad at all. I’ve just finished a course of 40mg pred (steroids) and I really don’t want to start another course as I still feel really bloated ( which is one of the side effects of takings steroids for asthma). I’m going to wait and see if I feel worse or better. I can’t take any time off work as they really are not very understanding and I’ll only end up loosing my job, but that is another story for another day!

  • Breathe Easy

    deirdrejan
    20 Jan 2012 | 9:19 pm
    Are you congested? Can’t breathe through your nose? Have asthma? Respiratory Infection? You can definitely feel the benefits of this blend right away! Many of the oils in doTERRA’s Breathe blend have been studied for their abilities to open and soothe tissues in the respiratory system and combat airborne bacteria and viruses. If I start feeling a tightness in my chest, I rub it on the top of my chest and neck and it helps to open my airways right away. If you are fighting asthma, you might want to put the oil in a diffuser , like the doTERRA’s Lotus diffuser on the right.

  • More weight loss!

    Carla
    20 Jan 2012 | 8:09 pm
    I am posting this evening with the happy news that my weight was down another 0.8 lbs today. Today’s weight:  151.4 lbs Starting weight:  159.8 lbs Total weight loss since 1/1/12:  8.4 lbs Wow.  8.4 lbs in 3 weeks.  I think I am on the right track. I wake up in a good mood every day – probably because I am not waking up several times during the night to take my puffer.  I am down to taking my asthma pill every three days, with hopes to stretch the time in between until I no longer have to take it at all.  I am not hungry all day.  At times I am like, “Oh, look at the…

  • I was the doctors worst nightmare today!

    Ann
    20 Jan 2012 | 5:05 pm
    I had my appointment with the asthma nurse who has upped my medication big time so now on preventer’s and everything..   she then refereed me to the doctors because of my feet so I could be seen straight away she said they will squeeze me in between appointments for a quick look . So there I am sitting back in the waiting room full of sick people and Im back there about five mins and my name pops up on the board… I go in and its a new doctor, I had agreed to see anyone in the practice, She was really nice and took the time to listen to me. she looked at my feet and prescribed…
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  • What Causes Allergies and Why Are Some of Us More Susceptible?

    admin4
    18 Jan 2012 | 8:41 am
    What causes allergies is a question that may frequently occur to those of us who have allergies and who often have their activities and life constrained by those allergies. An allergy is a hypersensitivity disorder of the immune system. To put it simply, the body overreacts to harmless substances, perceiving them to be harmful. What causes allergies? Many kinds of foods, dust, pollen, medications, dander from pets and other animals and insect bites are usually not inimical to the body. But those who have an allergy to any of these substances are unable to tolerate these ‘allergens’ and…

  • Skin Allergy Treatment – Your Options

    admin4
    5 Jan 2012 | 7:39 am
    Skin allergies can be inconvenient and troublesome, to the extent that they may interfere with one’s regular activities. So it is only natural that you seek skin allergy treatment if you have this allergy; to get rid of the problem once and for all. Why you should seek skin allergy treatment There is of course the fact that skin allergies can be troublesome. Also they can lead to stigmas or social isolation, particularly in the case of children because the allergy can be mistaken for an infection or other contagious condition. Avoiding allergens and irritants is always a good idea but this…

  • Almond Allergy Symptoms and Tips for Management

    admin4
    19 Dec 2011 | 9:49 am
    In popular literature and movies, almond allergy symptoms have often played a rather hilarious part, however for those who actually suffer from almond allergies, the situation can be far from amusing. The fact is that nut allergies (including peanuts and other tree nuts) are the ones that cause the most frequently fatal reactions caused by food allergies. There are many different almond allergy symptoms which can occur, when almonds are actually eaten and in some cases even if the person has only touched or come into contact with the allergen– 1. Tingling and swelling of the lips and about…

  • Are You Allergic to Bananas? Identifying Banana Allergy Symptoms

    admin4
    7 Dec 2011 | 6:49 am
    Some of us may display banana allergy symptoms or symptoms that mimic an allergy to these fruits, but it is important to firstly identify whether one is allergic to bananas or whether one has intolerance to them. There can be difficulties in identifying a banana allergy because it is one of the less common allergies around. Difference between banana intolerance and allergy Sometimes intolerance can cause some symptoms similar to banana allergy symptoms and so differentiating the two can be confusing. However the pathology of both is different and therefore the management of the symptoms also…

  • The Common and Not-so-common Coffee Allergy Symptoms

    admin4
    25 Nov 2011 | 9:48 am
    Coffee may be the one thing that many of us need just to come fully awake each morning, but for some of us, coffee allergy symptoms make the enjoyment of this fragrant and refreshing beverage impossible. It is the caffeine in coffee that people can be allergic to, and so the allergic reaction can also be experienced in the case of other caffeinated beverages such as colas, chocolate, and in cases even decaffeinated coffee. This allergy is not yet fully understood and the coffee allergy symptoms can be quite different and varied and may also include mental and not just physical symptoms.
 
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  • 30% of pet shop workers report airway symptoms at work and are sensitized to animal allergens

    Ves Dimov, M.D.
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:07 am
    Allergy to laboratory animals (mice, etc.) is a well-known occupational hazard. Less is known about allergic sensitization and respiratory symptoms among pet shop staff. 59 workers from 24 pet shops were included in this study from Sweden: - 53% reported nasal symptoms - 34% had eye symptoms - 22% had experienced symptoms indicating asthma - only 7% were previously diagnosed with asthma - 30% reported respiratory symptoms at work, mostly against rodents, birds, insects, and hay - 29% were sensitized to work-related allergens, mainly rodents and fodder insects, e.g., Zophobas Atopy and total…

  • Status of pediatric allergy and immunology in Spain

    Ves Dimov, M.D.
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:04 am
    The data of the ISAAC project in Spain show: - prevalence of childhood asthma of 7-15% - prevalence of 23-36% for rhinitis - atopic dermatitis in 4-8% of children - prevalence of food allergy is 3% All children in Spain have the right to be evaluated in their National Health System. The medical care at the primary level is provided by pediatricians, who go through a 4-year medical residency training program. There are currently 112 certified pediatric allergists in Spain, who have obtained the accreditation of the European Union of Medical Specialists. Future specialists in pediatric allergy…

  • PPI lansoprazole doesn't help children with poorly controlled asthma if they don't have reflux symptoms (GERD)

    Ves Dimov, M.D.
    25 Jan 2012 | 7:24 am
    Asymptomatic gastroesophageal reflux (GER) is prevalent in children with asthma. Untreated GER has been postulated to be a cause of inadequate asthma control. However, it it not clear if treating asymptomatic GERD with proton pump inhibitors (PPI) helps the asthma symptoms. 300 children with asthma with mean age of 11 years were enrolled at 19 US academic clinical centers and were followed up for 6 months. There were no significant differences in: - the Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) score (primary outcome), - FEV1, forced expiratory volume in the first second - asthma-related quality of…

  • T reg cells may offer a key for treatment of autoimmune diseases

    Ves Dimov, M.D.
    24 Jan 2012 | 7:15 am
    T regulatory cells (Treg) are distinguished by CD4+, CD25+, GITR+, CTLA-4+. Some of T regs also express the transcription factor Foxp3 (nTreg). Treg subsets include: - Natural Tregs (nTreg). nTregs develop in the thymus and constitutively express Foxp3 and CD25. They depend upon IL-2 for their survival. - Induced Tregs (iTreg). iTregs are induced from naïve CD4 in the periphery. They express Foxp3 only after development by TGF-b. - T Regulatory 1 (Tr1). Tr1 do not express CD25 or Foxp3. They depend on IL-10 from DCs for development. Tr1 produce high levels of IL-10. Regulatory…

  • Needles/lancets are tools of choice for skin prick testing - according to a study comparing 5 techniques in Europe

    Ves Dimov, M.D.
    23 Jan 2012 | 7:28 am
    Skin prick tests (SPT) represent indispensable tools in allergy, even more than 30 years after their introduction in clinical practice (note: skin prick testing has been used in the U.S. for a lot longer than 30 years). A wheal with multiple pseudopods and a satellite lesion in the upper left. Image source: Modified from Sakurako Kitsa's photostream, Flickr (used with the author's permission). Four instruments were investigated in this European study: - 23G intravenous (IV) needle - ALK Lancet - SoluPrick SQ (TM) - Stallergenes (STG) Prick Lancet - Stallerpoint (using two different…
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