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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 11/11/2009, 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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Kathi MacNaughton

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posted 11/04/2009, comments (2)

Asthma & the Older Adult Series: Getting the Right Diagnosis

For most of this century, asthma has largely been thought of as a kids' disease. And, while it's true that more than 6 million kids in the United States alone may have asthma, asthma can come on at any age... including in the senior years. In fact, asthma in adults over the age of 65 has been growing by leaps and bounds the past couple of decades.... Read more Chevron

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Rick Frea

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posted 11/03/2009, comments (4)

Bronchodilator Anxiety

So it's 6 a.m. and I'm driving down I-75 South in Georgia in the wee hours of the morning when the anxiety strikes. I couldn't find my rescue inhaler. My Ventolin had gone missing. Did I leave it in the hotel? Did I leave it in the lobby? Did my wife pack it in the bathroom bag? I looked behind me and her head... Read more Chevron

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Rick Frea

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posted 10/14/2009, comments (3)

10 Tips to Help Asthmatics Survive the Halloween Fright

You might not think of Halloween as a trigger for asthma, but it can be. From my own personal experience, I can think of no holiday worse on asthma than Halloween. In fact, my asthma acted up just about every Halloween that I participated in Trick-or-Treating until I was 11-years-old, at which time I vowed never to do it... Read more Chevron

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