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Rick Frea

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Come on asthmatics, it's time to excercise!

If you have asthma it is paramount that you exercise, because the benefits of exercise coupled with a healthy diet not only help you lose weight, but it can help you better manage your asthma.   Even if it's just a simple walk, exercise has many benefits.  According to the Mayo Clinic: Makes your heart and lungs stronger. Increases... Read moreChevron
posted 12/31/2008, comments (2)|
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Can Asthma Medicines Be Used as "Performance Enchancers?"

Dara Torres has asthma, just like her father, says a story in the New York Times. But for years, she had been training and competing with coughing and difficulty breathing. When she finally started taking asthma medicine, "she realized how much, and how needlessly, she had been suffering."   But her newly found breathing capacity came with... Read moreChevron
posted 08/13/2008, comments (5)|
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Asthma and the Olympics: Air Quality May Be A Major Obstacle

Olympic athletes go through years of training and physical conditioning in anticipation of competing against others that have the same goals: to bring home the gold medal. This year the summer Olympics in Beijing will present a few other challenges for its participants representing more than 200 nations. Heat, humidity and smog are expected to be... Read moreChevron
posted 08/06/2008, comments (0)|
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Sloane Miller

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Asthma Camps for Asthmatic Children

I spent six happy summers at sleep away camp in the hills of rural Pennsylvania.   What wasn't so happy was being allergic and asthmatic during those summers. One summer in particular I came down with viral pneumonia. I don't remember how I alerted the staff that I was sick but I recall being taken to the local hospital in this very... Read moreChevron
posted 05/04/2008, comments (3)|
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James Thompson, MD

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Asthma and Obesity: A Losing Combination

Asthma and Childhood Obesity: A Losing Combination When parents come into my office with their asthmatic children, they often ask these questions:  "If my child loses weight, will he breathe better?" "My child is having trouble in PE (Physical Education). Will you excuse her from PE this year?" "Is my... Read moreChevron
posted 03/05/2008, comments (2)|
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