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Rick Frea

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posted 04/29/2009, comments (8)

Here's what asthmatics need to know about swine flu

By now most of us know about the swine flu, but do we know what it is and how to prevent it? Should we be panicked? As asthmatics, should we purchase a giant bubble and move into it? Are we doomed? Will this be another pandemic like The Great Flu of 1918? Well, no, we are not doomed. And of course... Read more Chevron

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Fred Little

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posted 04/24/2009, comments (0)

A New Look At Your Rescue Inhaler

In this entry, I would like to discuss the implications of some recently published basic science research on the function of beta agonists -- the most common class of quick-relief inhalers that includes albuterol. While the research was done with mice, it has implications on human asthma treatment, particularly in light of recent controversies of... Read more Chevron

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Rick Frea

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posted 04/22/2009, comment (1)

4 Reasons Severe Asthma Rates Are Declining

When I was a kid growing up in the 1980s I was a bad asthmatic who spent many nights in a hospital bed. I met many respiratory therapists (RT), and got to know some of them really well. This experience inspired me to become an RT. No one would have more empathy for these kids than myself. Yet once I became an... Read more Chevron

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Rick Frea

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posted 04/14/2009, comments (2)

Smoking around asthmatic children is unwise

If common sense were to prevail, no person would ever smoke in front of kids -- especially kids with asthma. Yet we all know it happens. Just the other day I was paged to do a breathing treatment on a six-year-old boy with asthma. I couldn't help but notice that both parents reeked of cigarette smoke. As a... Read more Chevron

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James Thompson, MD

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posted 04/13/2009, comments (2)

Third-Hand Tobacco Smoke: What's Left After The Tobacco Smoke Clears?

There are more than 400,000 tobacco-related deaths annually in the U.S. Health statistics estimate about 3,000 teenagers try and then regularly smoke cigarettes on a daily basis. It's been well documented that passive exposure to tobacco smoke increases the risk of asthma attacks, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, lung cancer, upper-respiratory tract... Read more Chevron

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