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"100 Questions & Answers About Your Child's Asthma" book review
I've been reading 100 Questions & Answers about Your Child's Asthma by Claudia Plottel, MD and B Robert Feldman, MD. (Full disclosure:... Read more »
5 Steps to Getting Your Asthma Under Control
Last week, I had the opportunity to talk to a group of respiratory therapy (RT) students at one of our local colleges. Each fall, this... Read more »
8 Tips on How to Improve Asthma Control
I wish I could say all my patients have well controlled asthma but I doubt that will ever be the case since I have hundreds of them, and... Read more »
Should People With Asthma Get the Pneumonia Vaccine?
In this entry, I would like to review the impact that severe infections from a common pneumonia bacterium can have on asthmatics and... Read more »
Steroids May Reduce Your Chances for Another Severe Asthma Attack
Asthma attacks, especially severe ones, are a constant threat when you have asthma. Many asthmatics end up in the hospital at some point in... Read more »
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FDA reviewing safety of asthma drug Xolair
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reviewing data that may link the asthma drug Xolair to heart problems such as heart attacks and strokes,... Read more »
Singulair Suicide Risk Analysis
What is the concern about Singulair (montelukast)?Singulair is a major drug in asthma treatment – it is important to review recent developments and... Read more »
Inner-City Children and Asthma: Asthma Triggers to Avoid
Asthma Fast Facts: Over 9 million U.S. children under 18 years of age (13%) have ever been diagnosed with asthma, and 6.5 million children... Read more »
Asthma drugs get 'precaution' labeling
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requested that asthma drugs in the leukotriene receptor agonists category be given a "precaution" on... Read more »
Kids with asthma have trouble keeping fit
A recent review of 61 studies has found that parents and schools are two of the main obstacles to keeping asthmatic kids physically fit. Fear of an... Read more »
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