A new "anatomic" treatment for severe asthmaIn this entry, I would like to provide a little background on a new treatment for severe asthma. Most asthma treatments are directed at avoiding triggers and taking medications that decrease inflammation and open up (dilate) twitchy breathing tubes (airways) -- both are key features of asthma that cause... Read more
In this entry, I would like to discuss some things to think about as families go back to school in terms of asthma. One is the increase in asthma exacerbations during this period, and the other some thoughts about asthma control as kids go back to school.
Asthma gets worse in SeptemberFor several years, doctors and patients have observed that... Read more
Dara Torres has asthma, just like her father, says a story in the New York Times. But for years, she had been training and competing with coughing and difficulty breathing. When she finally started taking asthma medicine, "she realized how much, and how needlessly, she had been suffering."
But her newly found breathing capacity came with... Read more
Read Part I of this series here
Inhaler devices for asthma treatmentIn this second entry of this two part-series, I would like to review devices that help optimize delivery of inhaled medications to the lungs from metered dose inhalers (MDIs), including spacers/holding chambers, and some other newer features of inhalers to help patients... Read more
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