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Nancy Sanker

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posted 04/28/2008, comment (1)

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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James Thompson, MD

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posted 04/11/2008, comments (14)

Don't Get Hooked on Hookah!

A fairly new wave of tobacco smoking has infiltrated the lives of many of our young people at a time when almost half of U.S. states have banned smoking in most public places. It's called Hookah smoking and there are now more than 400 Hookah bars across America, mostly around college campuses and in urban cities. "It's... Read more Chevron

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Fred Little

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posted 03/05/2008, comments (0)

Patient Requests for Asthma and Allergy Medicine

There are occasions in my Allergy/Asthma practice when patients ask about a medication by name. I bristle a bit when I suspect that this inquiry was driven by an advertisement on television or in print. In an unconscious way, I feel that my control over the "menu of care" that I have crafted for my patient is being intruded on by an... Read more Chevron

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posted 02/24/2008, comment (1)

drugs side effects....oh so annoying

my asthma was undiagnosed unless i was about 17, when i entered the fuculty of medicine. the smell in the dissecting room was over peared, in my childhood i used to have hay fever especially during summer and spring (pollen grains allergy), iam also allergic to any caffiene containing food (tea, coffee, niscafee even coca) and many other food... Read more Chevron

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Kathi MacNaughton

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posted 02/12/2008, comments (0)

New Resource for Parents of Kids with Asthma

Most parents already know they can find tons of advice here on HealthCentral.com about how to manage asthma in kids. They may also know about Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics, or AANMA for short. Now there is a new resource specifically aimed at keeping kids with asthma active and participating in sports. It's called... Read more Chevron

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