A cure for asthma is not likely. That's the bad news. The good news is that asthma deaths have decreased and advances in medications over this decade offer a chance for improvement in prevention and control of this disease that affects more than 20 million people in America.
In this post I will discuss 5 emerging asthma treatments which have contributed (or will contribute) to improved asthma management.
One of the most common questions we get here on the site is some variation on, "Which asthma medicine is best?" So, I thought it might be... Read more »
It would be neat if asthma was like a sport. Instead of writing dry, humorless posts, we could write exciting and entertaining posts... Read more »
Three out of every one hundred Americans take Glucocorticoids for medical conditions like asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder... Read more »
Chances are if you have asthma you have some degree of chronic (it's always there) inflammation in your air passages. Studies have... Read more »
Asthma treatment, as with many chronic diseases, is often a matter of trial and error. Experts know that most people with asthma respond... Read more »
A reader who has been taking the asthma med Advair wants to know if the drug could be responsible for her thinning, easily-bruised skin. According to... Read more »
A patient wants to know if the steroid prednisone can cause the heart to skip beats. Experts from the Mayo Clinic say that skipped beats can be... Read more »
A new steroid cream is a safe and effective treatment for asthma, a new study says. Indacaterol is a once-daily skin cream that helps reduce the... Read more »
A recent Scottish study suggests children with allergic conditions may be receiving steroid doses that are too high. Researchers say one in 11... Read more »
Corticosteroids are a good defense against asthma, but inhaling them brings a better outcome. According to a 16-week study of children ages 6 to 17,... Read more »
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