The NIH's treatment guidelines for asthma classify asthma by severity, with severe persistent asthma being the most severe type and mild intermittent being the mildest type of asthma.
Now, new research suggests that severe asthma may be an entirely different kind of asthma from the milder forms. The Severe Asthma Research Program (SARP for short) was founded to explore why people with severe asthma tend not to respond as well to treatment.
SARP is a long-term project that has collected data...
How severe is your asthma? Is it under control? Does it matter? It seems the new recommendation is that asthma severity is out and... Read more »
Full Question: I'd like to know if migraine disease is considered something that would put me in the classification of lowered immune... Read more »
It's a curious title, but this is the exact phrasing used in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; an agreed set of... Read more »
Asthma does not look the same in every person. Although there are common symptoms, what can vary greatly from person to person is the... Read more »
Asthma is a common chronic health problem in the US and many other countries around the world. It is becoming especially common in... Read more »
Source: eOrthopod
This study examined maladaptive pain-related fear-avoidance and endurance coping in patients with chronic back pain. Endurance coping was defined as... Read more »
Source: eOrthopod
A questionnaire for grading pain, the chronic pain grade questionnaire (CPG), was established several years ago before the publication of the World... Read more »
Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Childhood Asthma
Signs and Symptoms of Childhood AsthmaSymptoms of an acute asthma attack usually develop over a period of hours or days. Symptoms tend to be worse at... Read more »
Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Childhood Asthma
Goals of Treatment of Childhood AsthmaThe major goal of asthma management is to maintain normal life with normal lung function. This can be... Read more »
These are the asthmatics who, regardless of how compliant they are with their preventative medicines, still have bad asthma episodes. We don't know... Read more »
Featuring Content From:
By using this service, you accept our Terms of Use. Please read them. The consumer health information on is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment for any medical conditions. You should promptly seek professional medical care if you have any concern about your health, and you should always consult your physician before starting a fitness regimen. Copyright © 2012 Remedy Health Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
