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Kathi MacNaughton

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posted 11/24/2009, comments (0)

Asthma & the Older Adult Series: Staying Healthy

More and more frequently, older adults are having to deal with asthma, whether it is hanging on since their youth, reactivated recently or it's just been diagnosed for the very first time during the senior years. In two previous posts, I addressed the difficulty in diagnosing asthma in older adults and the importance of your asthma management... Read more Chevron

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Rick Frea

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posted 11/24/2009, comments (0)

13 Things We Asthmatics Can Be Thankful For

You and I have come to grips with the fact we have a disease called asthma. Sure it's caused us some hardships along the way, and for some of us lots of hardships, yet in the end we asthmatics have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving holiday. 1. Asthma wisdom: In the 2,000 years since asthma was first described,... Read more Chevron

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Rick Frea

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posted 11/12/2009, comments (0)

Seven Ways Asthma Has Benefited My Life

As a follow up to a previous post I wrote, Seven benefits of having asthma, I thought that -- just for fun, I'd personalize this theme a bit by writing about the seven ways asthma has benefited my life. Sure there have been rough days. When I was a kid there were rough years. Still, I'm one of those people... Read more Chevron

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Rick Frea

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posted 10/10/2009, comments (0)

Goofus and Gallant take their asthma to hunting camp

I'm sure you remember Joe Goofus. I introduced you to him as the asthmatic that often neglects his asthma with the intent on not missing out on any of life's fun. His most recent misadventure was last weekend at the Goofus family hunting camp. And guess what? He ended up in the emergency room again. ... Read more Chevron

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James Thompson, MD

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posted 10/05/2009, comment (1)

Your Asthma Control Checklist for the Fall and Winter

For many of us, it's hard to believe the summer is over. Actually, those of us in the Midwest and Northeast regions of the United States aren't certain when summer 2009 began. October is typically my busiest month for managing patients with asthma. The return of children to school, the arrival of cold and flu season, the use of forced air heating... Read more Chevron

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