I'm approaching 50 and, until I started taking steroids for my asthma
and allergies (Advair and Nasonex), my hair hadn't thinned at all.  A
few years on those drugs and my hair was getting thinner but not in a
pattern typical of "male pattern baldness".  To make a long story

Hi. This is my first post here. I never thought I'd be hanging around in an
asthma or allergy newsgroup, but here I am. I'm here because my son is
allergic to something, husband fears it's allergic asthma or something like
that, and now demands that I give my three cats away! I'm ...

I am trying to find out more information for my mother. Or at least
someone she can speak with.
My mom has severe asthma that gets worse with her allergies. She is on
several differant types of medications. She can barely breath and

It's been a couple of years since I first found Jim's asthma story
stuff. I was tested for M. pn and Ch pn.and have since taken quite a
few treatments of azithromycin and rulide.
Micoplasma pn. and chlamydia pn. are difficult to kick. Esp.in

My Asthma doctor recently told me tightness in my chest when I exert myself is
being caused by inflamation of the Costal muscle in the center of my chest. (he
called it Costal chondritis) Albuteriol before exercise does not prevent this
tightness, and in fact the tighness lasts for ...

'First hand account of symptoms' Database
        I was wondering if anybody out there in internet land with the right
skills and attitudes had thought of initiating a website to collect
first hand accounts of  symptoms and experiences of illnesses, in

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1027
$150K yearly Sandler grants for highly innovative asthma research: OEM-L,
Greenberg: aspartame (methanol, formaldehyde, formic acid) toxicity
research, Murray 2004.10.21 rmforall

I have a 3.5 year hold that occationaly needs nebulizer treatments
(xylophone).
I have a compressor type nebulizer at home, but I'm looking for a good
portable one for when we are driving around.

You'd think I'd be happy about it, but just take a look at this, and
you'll see what I mean.  She has disgraced my family, the community,
and the Shau Lin Temple:
http://tinyurl.com/6l2e7

Is anyone being treated with Xolair (http://www.xolair.com) for their asthma?  If so, how's it going?

I've seen lots of Deadhead stickers and lots of Cadillacs. But I've
never seen a Deadhead sticker actually on a Cadillac.  Do you think one
really exists, or was Don Henley merely using the line as a metaphor?

I know a few people from Asthmastory.com are around here and they will
understand this victory.  I am on week 7 of the treatment and caught a
bad cold this week. No trouble with my asthma at all! I just wanted to
share with people who would understand what that feels like!  If

    I recently purchased an NSA 1200A at a yard sale for $10.  Can't
for the life of me figure out how to change or clean the filter.  Does
anyone here have any idea how to do this?  If so can you please clue
me in??  Thanks a million!!

http://tinyurl.com/6y9cx
Updated: 02:56 PM EDT
Officials Warn of 'Significant Shortage' of Flu Vaccine
By EMMA ROSS and MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP

This is the first year I've had allergy shots.  I'm scheduled for allergy
shots today, and flu shot tomorrow.  I really don't want to put the flu shot
off - who knows if they'll have any vaccine left next week!   I'm going to
ask the shot clinic nurse about this, but I thought I'd ...