Asthma Expert Romelia Walters shares Asthma management news and commentary at MyAsthmaCentral.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/c/68945 http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/c/68945/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/c/68945 http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/c/68945/50779/5-adults-diagnosed Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:59:00 -0500 Romelia Walters What used to be considered a childhood disease is no longer as more and more adults are being diagnosed with asthma. Of course, thousands of children are still being diagnosed with some level of asthma severity. But joining the ranks of those living with asthma are adults, primarily women. Who knows exactly what is causing this trend. Some experts will say it's due to hormonal changes, others will say it's a result of our normal aging... http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/c/68945/50779/5-adults-diagnosed http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/c/68945/45669/inhaler-changeover Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:41:00 -0400 Romelia Walters Do You Know That Your Inhaler is Changing?   Until now, your asthma inhaler has used chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) to propel the medicine out of the inhaler for you to breathe into your lungs. However, because these CFCs are harmful to the earth's ozone layer, all albuterol inhalers will now use hydrofluoroalkane (HFA) instead of CFCs to push the medicine out of the inhaler. No CFC albuterol inhalers will be sold or manufactured after... http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/c/68945/45669/inhaler-changeover http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/c/68945/41991/5-asthma-control Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:33:00 -0400 Romelia Walters Last week, I had the opportunity to talk to a group of respiratory therapy (RT) students at one of our local colleges. Each fall, this college's RT department selects a non-profit organization to help with fundraising, volunteering, and raising awareness of its mission and services for the community.   From that presentation, my business partner Gerri Rivers and I had the opportunity to speak to one of the students who is a mom with an... http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/c/68945/41991/5-asthma-control http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/c/68945/40245/introducing-walters Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:31:00 -0400 Romelia Walters I am Romelia Rodriguez Walters and I am a certified asthma educator. When people learn about what I do in the community, the first question they ask is "Do you have asthma?" I carried an inhaler during a few of my elementary school years but never was diagnosed with asthma. Once, when I first moved to Albuquerque, I was running and became short of breath. It happened a few times, but for only two weeks, and I have never experienced that... http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/c/68945/40245/introducing-walters