Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Obesity may interfere with asthma treatment

(Forbes) UPDATED 2009-06-09
A new study on 1,256 people has found that obesity may not worsen asthma, but it could affect asthma medications' effectiveness. People who were lean showed 55 percent less lung inflammation than their obese peers, which meant the standard dose was not working as well for patients who were overweight. Researchers say that doctors should ask patients how well their inhaled steroid is working for them, and should be willing to increase the dose if the standard measure is not enough to control a patient's symptoms.  Read full story >
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