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Rick Frea

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Alright Asthmatics! Here's Your Incentive to Get in Shape This Year

Happy New Year, fellow asthmatics. If you're like me you focus on getting in better shape all year, but continue to fail. I'm going to provide you with some added incentives to never quit trying to get into shape. It's a simple fact that many of us tend to, well, gain a little weight as we age. It's normal actually.... Read more Chevron

posted 01/07/2012, comments (3)|

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How Was Asthma Treated in the Ancient World?

It's a blessing to be alive during a time when there are many options to help us asthmatics. We have rescue medicine like Albuterol to cure an attack, and asthma controller medicines to prevent asthma altogether. Yet could you imagine living 5,000 years ago? How would you treat your asthma in the ancient world? The... Read more Chevron

posted 12/19/2011, comments (2)|

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What is an Inhaler?

To put it bluntly, inhalers are a gift to people with lung diseases from God. It's asthma medicine made easy. Albuterol inhaler The first inhaler was invented in 1956. It was a godsend because now asthmatics could carry with them in their pockets or purses their asthma rescue medicine. They now had quick and easy... Read more Chevron

posted 11/21/2011, comments (2)|

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10 Things We Asthmatics Should be Thankful For

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, here's a list of things we asthmatics ought to be thankful for: 1. Hippocrates recognizing asthma as a medical condition around 400 B.C. 2. Seneca describing what it was like to live with asthma at the time of Jesus. 3. The invention of the stethescope in 1816, and the... Read more Chevron

posted 11/14/2011, comments (0)|

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Poorly Controlled Asthma Nearly Doubles the Cost

Poorly controlled asthma makes treatment more expensive. In fact, a recent study concluded that poorly contrlled asthma nearly doubles the cost. This is according to a study spearheaded by the asthma experts at National Jewish Health in Denver, Colorado and reported on by UPI.com/healthnews. It's actually common... Read more Chevron

posted 11/08/2011, comments (0)|

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