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Rick Frea

Rick Frea, Health Pro

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A Registered Respiratory Therapist and asthmatic

Scholarship Available for High School Seniors with Asthma

If you're a senior in high school and you have asthma, you may qualify for the Will to Win Scholarship by Merck Respiratory.  Ten $5,000 scholarships are available. Merck is promoting this scholarship to "encourage young people with asthma to lead active, healthy lives and pursue their dreams," according to... Read moreChevron
posted 02/24/2011, comments (0)|
James Thompson, MD

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Board Certified Allergist and Asthma Specialist

Combination Inhalers for Asthma Control: A New Kid on the Block

Although asthma death rates have declined, it continues to be a leading cause of missed work and school in the United States. The National Institute of Health (NIH) revised their asthma diagnosis and management guidelines in 2007. This over 600 page document has become the Holy Grail of asthma treatment and clinical research in the United... Read moreChevron
Annaloveschris4ever

I have asthma

I've had asthma since i was 13. I hate it. I have to take 2 inhalers everyday. And my doctor said if I ever got Pregnant that I might have the worst of time of breathing. So me and my husband thought that we will see how i do and if i have a difficult time we will only have 1 child. It's ok though. I've done Soccer, Softball, and Basketball.... Read moreChevron
posted 02/19/2011, comments (0)|
Rick Frea

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A Registered Respiratory Therapist and asthmatic

Is it Possible Exercise Causes Asthma?

Asthma experts preach we asthmatics should exercise no matter how severe our asthma is. This is true. Yet new research suggests exercise itself might actually cause some folks to develop asthma.While it is believed most people are susceptible to developing asthma because they have the asthma gene (as I wrote about here), new evidence shows... Read moreChevron
posted 02/14/2011, comments (0)|
Rick Frea

Rick Frea, Health Pro

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A Registered Respiratory Therapist and asthmatic

The Link Between Eczema and Asthma

I've had this picture in my head for many years now that there might be a link between asthma and eczema, and more recently, that eczema might actually cause asthma. So I set off on a quest to determine if this "theory" holds any merit.I first became familiar with the asthma-eczema link back in 1985 when I was admitted to National Jewish... Read moreChevron
posted 02/07/2011, comments (0)|

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