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Rick Frea

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A Registered Respiratory Therapist and asthmatic

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posted 10/08/2008, comments (0)

Meet Joe Goofus: The Asthmatic You Don't Want To Be (But Probably Are)

Joe Goofus means well, but he often neglects his asthma care plan and needlessly ends up in the emergency room for asthma. It's not that he is a bad person, he just likes to have fun. He always plans on taking care of his asthma, but something fun always seems to get in the way. Unlike Jake Gallant, here is what Joe Goofus might... Read more Chevron

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Romelia Walters

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Asthma Educator and Asthma Allies Co-Founder

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posted 09/24/2008, comments (0)

5 Steps to Getting Your Asthma Under Control

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... Read more Chevron

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Fred Little

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Doctor and Asthma Expert

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posted 08/04/2008, comment (1)

Spacers and Holding Chambers: Inhaler Devices for Asthma Treament Part 2

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 Chevron

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James Thompson, MD

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Board Certified Allergist and Internist

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posted 07/14/2008, comments (11)

Update on Pulmicort : From Turbuhaler to Flexhaler

According to the recently revised National Institute of Health asthma guidelines, inhaled corticosteroids are the preferred class of controller medications for treating persistent asthma in all ages. Pulmicort Turbuhaler, a brand of budesonide, was approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) for marketing in the US in 1997. For... Read more Chevron

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cmorgan

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posted 07/10/2008, comments (0)

GREAT new asthma website

Have you seen the brand-new asthma website, Azma.com? The free site offers four-day forecasts by zip code -- you can check conditions where you live, vacation, plan to relocate, or even where your kids go to college. It also has opt-in asthma alert emails and an air quality index, plus current asthma educational information and news all... Read more Chevron

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