| Allergists Highlight New National Asthma Guidelines: Emphasis on Prevention, Avoiding "Attacks"
Highlights of the 2007 asthma guidelines from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) were presented during the ACAAI Annual Meeting in an effort not only to increase awareness of the new recommendations, but to help make sure they get put into practice. .
Tuberculosis Breaches Borders, But Not Public Health
Immigrants from countries with high rates of tuberculosis who move to countries of low TB incidence do not pose a public health threat to native citizens, according to researchers in Norway, who analyzed the incidence and genetic origins of all known cases of TB in the country between 1993 and 2005.
Their results were reported in the first issue for November of the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
After gathering all available cultures from the identified cases and eliminating samples suspected of being contaminated in the lab, the researchers examined 2,173 cases of TB in the country over 12 years. They tracked outbreaks among native-born citizens and immigrants, and analyzed the genetic strain of each confirmed case using cultures obtained through patient samples at 14 laboratories that service the entire country.
'He went above and beyond'
This is how Matt Baker spent many of his Thanksgivings: in the hospital, hooked to IV needles and monitor wires, separated from his family by an oxygen tent too restrictive to even watch television. He struggled for each breath.But Matt, 13, will spend today with his family in Thermopolis.He says he has one person to thank for this: his childhood pediatrician, Dr. Michael Quinn."Though I continue a difficult, daily fight with my asthma, and other health problems, the absolute most important thing I am thankful for this Thanksgiving is Dr. Quinn, for he is the only reason that I can spend another Thanksgiving with my family," Matt wrote for the Casper Star-Tribune's "Thankful" essay contest.Matt has chronic asthma. For the first five years of his life, he had to be admitted to the hospital at least once a month.Matt remembers Dr.
'He went above and beyond'
This is how Matt Baker spent many of his Thanksgivings: in the hospital, hooked to IV needles and monitor wires, separated from his family by an oxygen tent too restrictive to even watch television. He struggled for each breath.But Matt, 13, will spend today with his family in Thermopolis.He says he has one person to thank for this: his childhood pediatrician, Dr. Michael Quinn."Though I continue a difficult, daily fight with my asthma, and other health problems, the absolute most important thing I am thankful for this Thanksgiving is Dr. Quinn, for he is the only reason that I can spend another Thanksgiving with my family," Matt wrote for the Casper Star-Tribune's "Thankful" essay contest.Matt has chronic asthma. For the first five years of his life, he had to be admitted to the hospital at least once a month.Matt remembers Dr.
Rural Bulletin Survey Results: Snapshot…
We received 362 responses from Rural Bulletin readers within the timeframe (more came in afterwards). Of these 185 were from people living in rural areas, 66 from people in small towns and 94 from people in cities. Our thanks go to you all. How you receive it: just under half the respondents received Rural Bulletin by email, and slightly under half were sent it by mail. A small number downloaded it from Rural Women New Zealand’s website. .
You silly boys: blondes make men act dumb
WHEN men meet fair-haired women they really do have a "blonde moment". Scientists have found that their mental performance drops, apparently because they believe they are dealing with someone less intelligent. Researchers discovered what might be called the "bimbo delusion" by studying men’s ability to complete general knowledge tests after exposure to different women. The academics found that men’s scores fell after they were shown pictures of blondes. Further analysis convinced the team that, rather than simply being distracted by the flaxen hair, those who performed poorly had been unconsciously driven by social stereotypes to "think blonde". "This proves that people confronted with stereotypes generally behave in line with them," said Thierry Meyer, joint author of the study and professor of social psychology at the University of Paris X-Nanterre.
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