Although asthma death rates have declined, it continues to be a leading cause of missed work and school in the United States. The National Institute of Health (NIH) revised their asthma diagnosis and management guidelines in 2007. This over 600 page document has become the Holy Grail of asthma treatment and clinical research in the United States.
Whether a child or adult with asthma should have a daily controller medication is dependent on a whether the asthma is "persistent".
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By now many of you are aware of the arrival of HFA inhalers that represent the new environmental friendly carriers for aerosol inhalers.... Read more »
Asthma treatment is all about control. Control is the main goal of asthma treatment, as outlined in both the U.S. asthma management... 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 »
I went on a field trip to Poughkeepsie New York to the Culinary Institute of America last week. I went to meet a Chef colleague and have... Read more »
Think about this. There are many asthmatic adults who are embarrassed or too modest to seek medical attention. Many are even so modest... Read more »
A bronchdodilator is a quick-relief asthma medicine that relaxes the airways in the lungs so it's easier to breathe. They are often prescribed in... Read more »
This is a study to compare the QVAR-Easi-Breathe 100 mcg/day and QVAR-Easi-Breathe 200 mcg/day with a placebo in children ages 5 to 11 who have... Read more »
Read the full text of Confessions of a Former "Bronchodilatoraholic" and leave a comment! Read all of Rick Frea's Posts Visit Respiratory Therapy... Read more »
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Daily treatment with an inhaled steroid is the best way to keep kids with asthma breathing easy. Government researchers arrived... Read more »
Asthma inhalers containing environmentally harmful chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) propellants are being replaced by manufacturers to conform to new FDA... Read more »
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