Treatment For Asthma
Clinical trial: Alair asthma control system
October 02, 2008
Expert & Community Posts
Theophylline: Revisiting An Old Asthma Treatment
By Fred Little , Health Expert...in the laboratory. In the early days of drug treatment for asthma, there were limited... Read more »
New Guidelines for Treatment of Asthma in Pregnant Women
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health ExpertPregnancy can be one of most joyful periods in life, provided the woman is feeling well. But, if... Read more »
Guidelines for doctors and nurses taking care of asthma patients
By Fred Little , Health ExpertAs asthma affects about 6% of the U.S. population, there is a need to provide guidelines to... Read more »
Old, New and Future Approaches to Asthma Treatment
By Fred Little , Health ExpertNew approaches to asthma treatment Earlier last month, I attended an international conference on... Read more »
Asthma: Advances in Medications this Decade
By James Thompson, MD , Health ExpertA cure for asthma is not likely. That's the bad news. The good news is that asthma deaths have... Read more »
Health Guide
Adult Asthmatics Dismissing their Asthma Symptoms: Doubting Thomas Comic
Read the full text of The Doubting Thomas Asthmatic and leave a comment! Read all of Rick Frea's Posts Visit Respiratory Therapist Cave, Rick Frea's personal blog Read more »Rick Frea: Asthma Sufferer and Respiratory Therapist Intro Comic
Read the full text of "Hi. I'm Your Neighborhood Respiratory Therapist" and leave a comment! Read All Rick Frea's Posts Visit the Respiratory Therapist Cave Read more »The Lazy Asthmatic, Respiratory Therapist comic 3
Read the full text of "Meet Joe Goofus: The Asthmatic You Don't Want to Be (But Probably Are)" and leave a comment! Read All of Rick Frea's Posts Visit Respiratory Therapist Cave Read more »The Gallant Asthmatic: The Perfect Asthma Patient
These asthmatics are a doctor's best patients. They have their bronchodilator with them at all times, but only use it when necessary. They religiously take their controller, anti-inflammatory... 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 »Images
See what happens to your lungs when you have asthma.... Read more »
Medications
This medication improves breathing by opening air passages in the lungs. It is used in the... Read more »
This drug relaxes the smooth muscle in the lungs and dilates airways to improve breathing. It is... Read more »
Related News
Flovent HFA receives FDA approval for children
October 02, 2008The Food and Drug Administration has approved Flovent HFA for the treatment of asthma in children ages 4 to 11. More than 4 million children suffer... Read summary »
FDA approves new asthma treatment
October 02, 2008The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Foradil Certihaler for the treatment of asthma. Foradil Certihaler is a dry-powder inhaler that is... Read summary »
Clinical trial: Advair vs. Serevent in patients of African descent
October 02, 2008GlaxoSmithKline is conducting a clinical trial to see if fluticasone propionate plus salmeterol (Advair) is better than fluticase propionate alone... Read summary »
Once-daily steroid cream treats asthma symptoms
October 02, 2008A 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 summary »
New treatments improve control of childhood asthma
March 24, 2009A U.S. study has found that treatments introduced in the past ten years have dramatically improved the way childhood asthma is managed. Researchers... Read summary »
- Privacy Policy: Updated as of April 1, 2009|
- Service Terms and Agreement|
- Advertising Policy|
- Contact Us|
- About Us|
- RSS Feed|
- Site Map|
- How to Use This Site
By using this service, you accept our Terms of Use. Please read them. The consumer health information on MyAsthmaCentral.com 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 © 2005-2009. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. All rights reserved.
 | We comply with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information: verify here. |
