Asthma Treatment and Symptoms:
Asthma Treatment, Info on Asthma Symptoms, Asthma Medication
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Aug 5th, 2008
Researchers appear to have solved at least a piece of a puzzle that has mystified physicians for years: why so many patients with asthma also suffer from GERD, or gastroesophageal reflux disease.
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Aug 5th, 2008
People who are obese with asthma may carry a specific trait or phenotype that causes them to have poorer asthma control than people who are not obese with asthma.
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Jul 25th, 2008
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services would like families to use a little of that time updating their children's asthma action plans.
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Jul 16th, 2008
California's children missed 1.9 million days of school and the state's adult workers missed 2 million days of work due to asthma.
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Jul 16th, 2008
Mothers eating nut products regularly during pregnancy increase the risk for their children to develop asthma.
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Jul 15th, 2008
Following a low-sodium diet does not appear to have any appreciable impact on asthma control, according to new research.
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Jun 29th, 2008
Since most of our children with food allergies also have or will develop asthma, this is an interesting article on the reduced risk of asthma by delaying the first dose of the DPT immunization.
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Jun 12th, 2008
African American patients with asthma treated with Advair Diskus had a lower rate of exacerbations when compared with patients who received treatment with the ICS Flovent Diskus (fluticasone propionate inhalation powder) alone.
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Jun 10th, 2008
In an effort to improve the quality of sleep for patients with asthma, a recent study shows that a comprehensive sleep history of patients with poorly controlled asthma is key to capturing an accurate measurement of sleep quality and daytime sleepiness in symptomatic asthmatics, as well as the effects of improved asthma control on sleep quality.
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May 31st, 2008
When a child experiences coughing, wheezing and chest pains while engaged in physical activity, the default conclusion is that the child must be suffering from exercise-induced asthma. However, there are several other explanations for wheezing in pediatric patients often overlooked and therefore, left untreated.
