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October 02, 2008
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Do Your Symptoms (or Your Child's) Suggest Asthma?
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health ExpertMany people search the Web for information about asthma symptoms. Asthma is a common condition, but... Read more »
Asthma Allies Here To Help: Introducing Gerri Rivers
By Gerri Rivers , Health Expert...Gerri Rivers and Romelia Rodriguez Walters are your Asthma Allies! The two certified asthma... Read more »
Race May Be Linked to Asthma Outcomes
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert...black race have a higher risk for complications of asthma. Experts have known this for some... Read more »
Asthma Gene in Children Sparks Hope For Mother
By Nancy Sanker , Health Expert...ago. We all knew there was a genetic component of asthma, and each of us had hesitantly donned... Read more »
How to Live a Life Without (Asthma) Limits
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health ExpertAs I've mentioned previously, May is Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, as designated by the... Read more »
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Welcome to Asthma Connections. Receiving a diagnosis of asthma can be extremely stressful. It can also be a relief to know exactly why you have been having periods of difficult breathing. Now that... Read more »Poor Patient Asthmatics: Asthma Patients Who Need Better Doctors
Poor Patient Asthmatics would take better care of their asthma if they knew how. They need help developing a good asthma action plan for themselves. They may even need to be prescribed different... Read more »The Doubting Thomas Asthmatic: Adults Newly Diagnosed With Asthma
Asthma is often believed to be a children's disease that you either outgrow as an adult or never develop once you're an adult. But that is not the case.People who develop adult asthma are often... Read more »Using This Asthma Web Site
Asthma affects and estimated 20 million people in the United States and children account for nearly half of that number. Whether you have been diagnosed with asthma, think you may have the condition... Read more »Asthma In Infants
What is asthma? Asthma is a disease in which the airways become blocked or narrowed. These effects are usually temporary, but they cause shortness of breath, breathing trouble and other symptoms. If... Read more »Images
See what happens to your lungs when you have asthma.... Read more »
Medications
...medication is used to control long-term (chronic) asthma and help decrease the number of asthma... Read more »
...(za-FEER-lew-kast)Uses Zafirlukast is used to prevent asthma symptoms and to decrease the... Read more »
...symptoms (wheezing and shortness of breath) caused by asthma. It is generally used with other... Read more »
...This medication is used to treat moderate to severe asthma in adults and children over 12 years... Read more »
...long-term (maintenance) treatment to prevent or treat asthma. It may also be used in people... Read more »
Related News
Heating Up Asthma
October 11, 2006PHILADELPHIA (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- "I didn't learn to ride a bike until I was 12," Carol Burke says. "I never learned how to swim." Burke has... Read summary »
Knocking Out Allergic Asthma
April 10, 2006CLEVELAND (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Sneezing, itching, watery eyes ... Allergies aren't fun -- especially when they cause asthma. Some people have... Read summary »
Kinder, Gentler Stem Cell Transplant
May 05, 2008ST. LOUIS (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Stem cell transplants can offer hope to people with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. But the... Read summary »
Q&A: Parent seeks advice on asthma medications
October 02, 2008A parent's 9-year-old son has had to be hospitalized for asthma despite the boy taking Flovent and albuterol to control the condition. Dr. Kendall... Read summary »
Report gives information on children's asthma
October 02, 2008The U.S. Centers for Disease Control have released a report on the status of children's asthma. According to the report, asthma deaths have declined... Read summary »
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