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Kathi MacNaughton

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Living with Asthma

Severe Weather Can Aggravate Your Asthma

For the past few years or so, it seems like weather and our climate have been brutal, doesn't it? This summer looks to be no different. Seems like the whole country is either baking, drowning or blowing away!   Back east, where my siblings and other family live, they are suffering with record temps in the 100s, not to mention high humidity.... Read moreChevron
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Fred Little

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Doctor and Asthma Expert

Do pets protect children from developing asthma?

In this entry, I would like to address the issue of pet ownership and asthma. Pets, especially cats and dogs, are important members of many households. While it is well known that many people are allergic to cats and dogs, whether being exposed to them at a young age can cause asthma is less clear.   Allergies and asthma are closely... Read moreChevron
posted 05/21/2008, comments (0)|
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James Thompson, MD

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Board Certified Allergist and Internist

Asthma: You Are Not Alone

More than 20 million people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with asthma. Death rates have decreased over the last 5 years but the numbers of hospitalizations and emergency department visits for asthma attacks have remained the same. African-Americans and Puerto Ricans continue to top the charts as the two ethnic groups most severely affected by... Read moreChevron
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Sloane Miller

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author & psychotherapist

Health Effects of Mold: What's Real and What's Not

While at the American Academy of Asthma Allergy & Immunolgy conference in Philadelphia, I attended a learning session with two mold experts: Dr. Jay M. Portnoy, the former president of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology and Dr. James Seltzer. My goal was to follow up with my previous mold story with some more specific... Read moreChevron
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Fred Little

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Doctor and Asthma Expert

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 asthma... Read moreChevron
posted 04/06/2008, comments (0)|

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