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Joy Buchanan

posted 05/01/2008, comments (0)

May is Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month

Here's your chance to find all the information you're seeking about asthma, build your awareness and knowledge of the condition and share that with your friends, family and community! Asthma is on the rise around the world. In the U.S., asthma rates among children AND adults has doubled in the last 20 years. Why? No one knows for... Read more Chevron

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Nancy Sanker

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posted 04/28/2008, comments (0)

Falling into the Health Insurance Chasm With Asthma

So what happens when your 28-year-old son has an unexpected health insurance gap and is sick? You get a blazing-fast education in how to find a health care professional who will even see you without that magic card and then you try to figure out how to finance the required tests and then, the toughest part, you try to find asthma medications... Read more Chevron

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Fred Little

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posted 04/06/2008, comments (0)

The Difference Between Adult Onset Asthma and Childhood Asthma

Asthma that comes when you're an adult In response to reader inquiries, I would like to address the somewhat puzzling fact that some individuals develop asthma in adulthood. For many, this seems unusual as we all have acquaintances (family or other) that had asthma or allergies as a child and "grew out of it." Others have had... Read more Chevron

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Sloane Miller

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posted 03/31/2008, comment (1)

Singulair and the FDA: Are they keeping us safe?

Did you see the reports last week that Singulair was going to be investigated by the Food and Drug Administration for reports of a "casual relationship" between the drug and suicidality? According to the FDA's report on the asthma drug: "FDA is investigating a possible association between the use of Singulair and... Read more Chevron

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Sloane Miller

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posted 03/17/2008, comments (0)

Women and Asthma

I attended a very interesting talk about the question of the possible prevalence of asthma in premenopausal and premenstrual women presented by Dr. Nancy Ostrom and Dr. Andrea Apter at the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) conference in Philadelphia. Ostrom's short answer was: "Yes, there is higher prevalence of... Read more Chevron

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