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I grew up and was educated in Britain, then with my husband and four children in the late 60's emigrated to Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]. I taught French for 30 years, my children grew up and all left Africa to pursue their various careers.

We loved living in Zimbabwe which is a very beautiful country, but as the political situation deteriorated, friends began to leave and we, too, made the heart-wrenching decision to find a new home. We didn't return to our English roots but instead came to our third continent, New Zealand, home of one of our sons.

I always enjoyed writing and since leaving teaching have had more time to devote to it. I am attracted to a great range of subject matter: medical connections in the family make medical articles interesting to me and I enjoy researching and learning in order to write them. I am also very interested in history, particularly early English history; as part of my first degree I studied Greek and Roman history and literature as a result of which I am attracted to ancient civilisations. Travel is also a favourite topic on which to write because it is now so accessible and enjoyed by so many people.

However, I have to confess that the greatest obstacle to my writing is my long-term addiction to reading.

Health & Fitness > Asthma Learning your child has asthma

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For a parent, there can be few things more distressing than to see your child in the grip of a severe asthma attack. When your physician has confirmed that your child is indeed asthmatic, then you must attempt to educate yourself in all aspects of this disease, which is one of the most chronic diseases of childhood. An attack occurs when the airways of the respiratory tract become narrowed as a result of inflammation. Such narrowing leads to breathing difficulties and the noisy wheezing associated with an asthma attack. Children have naturally smaller airways and when they experience breat...

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