Just thought I'd send out a friendly reminder that flu season is fast approaching and it's time to be getting that flu shot.

You can get it from your physician, quick care center, health clinic and some pharmacies have them available.

I check the stats for this site periodically to see how people found it and what they’re searching for when they do. I recently saw that someone did a search for the phrase “how to tell someone their perfume is irritating.” This is a toughie because you don’t want to offend anybody. The problem is your fear of hurting someone’s feelings is actually hurting you physically.

It's been a while since I posted anything new and for that I apologize.  What I have today is a post I wrote for another blog I do and I feel it's equally important to the visitors who come here. Rather than rewrite the post please visit What Medical Equipment Companies Don't Want You To Know on my Weekly Beef Blog.
In that post I give you my experience in working in homecare and how to protect yourself from being taken advantage of.   Feel free to share your opinions whether negative or positive (I like positive the best though).  I'm a big girl, I can take it.

May is Asthma Awareness Month. Throughout the month there will be increased activity in the area of Asthma Education and the risks of second hand smoke. There are also asthma screening centers sponsored by Astra Zeneca set up throughout the country. The asthma screening is in it’s 12th year and provides free screening questionnaires and breathing tests to adults and children.

By now you may have heard that the FDA recommends that over-the-counter cold and cough medicine not be used in children under 2 and they’re still debating on it’s use in children under 11. The reason is that serious life threatening side effects can occur. They sited that from 1969 to 2006, at least 54 children died after taking over the counter decongestants, and 69 died after taking over-the-counter antihistamines..