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Kathi MacNaughton

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posted 11/24/2009, comments (0)

Asthma & the Older Adult Series: Staying Healthy

More and more frequently, older adults are having to deal with asthma, whether it is hanging on since their youth, reactivated recently or it's just been diagnosed for the very first time during the senior years. In two previous posts, I addressed the difficulty in diagnosing asthma in older adults and the importance of your asthma management... Read more Chevron

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Rick Frea

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posted 11/24/2009, comments (0)

13 Things We Asthmatics Can Be Thankful For

You and I have come to grips with the fact we have a disease called asthma. Sure it's caused us some hardships along the way, and for some of us lots of hardships, yet in the end we asthmatics have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving holiday. 1. Asthma wisdom: In the 2,000 years since asthma was first described,... Read more Chevron

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Rick Frea

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posted 11/12/2009, comments (0)

Seven Ways Asthma Has Benefited My Life

As a follow up to a previous post I wrote, Seven benefits of having asthma, I thought that -- just for fun, I'd personalize this theme a bit by writing about the seven ways asthma has benefited my life. Sure there have been rough days. When I was a kid there were rough years. Still, I'm one of those people... Read more Chevron

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Kathi MacNaughton

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posted 11/11/2009, comments (0)

Asthma & the Older Adult Series: Managing Your Asthma

So, you've been diagnosed with asthma for the first time as an older adult? Well, welcome to an ever-growing club! More and more older adults are being diagnosed with asthma these days. I talked about why in the previous post in this series. But what's important to realize is that although there is no cure for asthma -- it's a chronic... Read more Chevron

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Rick Frea

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posted 11/11/2009, comments (0)

24 Signs of a Great Asthma Doctor

For those of you new to this asthma disease -- and even some of us longtimer asthmatics -- it's good to have an idea of what to expect from your asthma doctor. Yes, it is true that most asthma doctors are gallant asthma doctors. Still, it is your job as a Gallant Asthmatic to make sure you have a top notch asthma doctor... Read more Chevron

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