Dear Fellow Asthmatics:
I just wanted to take a moment to write to my fellow asthmatics. I understand that I've lectured in the past that you should be able to live a normal life with asthma, but if you are sick it's OK to admit you are sick. It's OK, if not essential, that you take a day off, or even a week off.
If... Read more
No matter how hard you try, you cannot hide from springtime allergens. They are ubiquitous. You can run but you cannot hide.
About 15 percent of those inflicted with springtime allergies are allergic to tree pollen, which can travel up to 400 miles and is easily inhaled. I wrote about tree pollen in my last post... Read more
Spring can be a difficult time for asthmatics, especially those of us with outdoor allergies. When the trees start pollinating, you can expect allergic asthmatics to start suffering from itchy and watery eyes, nasal congestion, runny nose, scratchy throat, and wheezes.
It was a wonderful treat this year when summer decided to... Read more
Asthma is a disease that's been described in writings that go all the way back to 5,000 B.C. Despite it's long history, asthma experts still struggle to understand why 10 percent of people develop this disease.
Around 400 B.C. the Hippocratic writers suspected asthma was hereditary, and asthma physicians for years have... Read more
Experts studying the lifestyles of people who included fish in their diets observed that these folks had lower rates of allergies and asthma compared to people who didn't eat a lot of fish. This keen observation lead researchers to conduct a variety of studies to see if there's a link between fish and asthma/ allergies.
Many of the... Read more
