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Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama on Health Care and the Financial Crisis

Before the general election season, health care advocates felt assured that the candidates would vigorously debate reforming America's health care system. Now, the financial system crisis has eclipsed health care as the number one domestic issue, and that situation may remain through Election Day, November 4. Fulfilling the need for quality,... Read moreChevron

Over-the-counter Epinephrine Inhalers Are Going Away

  With so much attention on the looming deadline to remove CFC, doctor prescribed, metered dose inhalers from the market by December 31, 2008, many do not realize that another deadline is in the works.   As early as 2010, over-the-counter epinephrine metered dose CFC inhalers may also be removed, permanently and without an... Read moreChevron

Standing Up For Asthmatic Children In The Gulf Coast

When former Press Secretary to President Bush, Scott McClellan, wrote about the administration's response to Hurricane Katrina, he said, "We spent most of the first week in a state of denial."  Now, as the third anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma approaches, the state of denial remains in place.  There is no stronger... Read moreChevron

Standing Up For the Allergic, Asthmatic and Uninsured

A recent article featured on CNN.com chronicles the story of Mark Windsor, a man who has suffered with a rare bone cancer for 25 years. Mark's cancer could possibly have been cured in the early stages of the disease. Now, his prognosis is fatal.  Like so many Americans, Mark was unable to afford the burdensome cost of health insurance and... Read moreChevron

Be An Advocate for Allergy and Asthma

She has asthma and she simply wants to work and breathe until she can retire in a few years. Yet, each morning as she departs for her office, she is never sure whether her co-worker's perfume will be strong that day, intense enough to trigger an asthma attack. He wants to travel cross-country to visit his grandparents, yet his anxiety has... Read moreChevron

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