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Rick Frea

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posted 05/20/2009, comments (0)

11 Tips For Traveling With Asthma

So your job has you weary eyed and ready for a vacation. You decide to pack your bags and travel to... where? It doesn't matter, because wherever you go, when you have asthma you have no choice but to plan ahead. That in mind, I have compiled 11 tips for traveling with asthma I learned... Read more Chevron

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Rick Frea

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posted 05/12/2009, comments (2)

16 Interesting Asthma Facts You Should Know

I recently read a book written for physicians called Fatal Asthma. I wouldn't recommend it though, because it was a difficult read. Yet it was filled with some excellent asthma facts I thought I'd share with you. Now I certainly wouldn't want to rehash the same asthma facts you can get on great... 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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Kathi MacNaughton

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posted 04/07/2009, comment (1)

Breaking News - Statins May Help Reduce Asthma Hospitalizations

For some time, researchers have been looking at the anti-inflammatory effects of statins on asthma, which is an inflammatory disease of the airways. Statins are medicines that are designed to treat high cholesterol levels. A number of studies are examining this relationship at present. But, at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American... Read more Chevron

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