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EVERYONE BREATHE™ LAUNCHES NEW ASTHMA EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM TO RAISE AWARENESS OF ASTHMA AND IMPROVE ASTHMA CARE IN SCHO by Cascia T. Posted Mon 23 May 2011 11:00am Press Release Ten $2,500 educational savings bonds awarded to students with asthma and ten $5,000 grants awarded to schools MARLBOROUGH, Mass., April 28, 2011 - Everyone Breathe - an educational ... Please visit The Healthy Moms Magazine for the complete article. Read on »
Medical News: Hairdressers at Risk for Occupational Asthma – in Pulmonology, Asthma from MedPage Today by Annet Lenderink Patient Expert Posted Thu 23 Jun 2011 12:00am Medical News: Hairdressers at Risk for Occupational Asthma – in Pulmonology, Asthma from MedPage Today . Read on »
Allergic Asthma and Non-allergic Asthma by Fibro Viv Patient Expert Posted Thu 29 Jul 2010 11:04pm Hi Everyone, It sounds like there are a number of people suffering from allergies and asthma these days. I know, nothing new however, I am concerned about my family and friends, so here goes: There are two broad categories of this disease—allergic asthma and non-allergic asthma and the symptoms are the same for both. With allergic asthma Read on »
Is It a Cough or Asthma - Both - Cough Varient Asthma by Jennifer O. Patient Expert Posted Thu 22 Jan 2009 6:37pm authority figures who always knew about which they spoke, and should not be questioned. Many years later after an unfortunate foray into allergies and asthma, I discovered this was not true. Since Conor has a cold, and we are again fighting the asthma, I thought I would share some info on the type of asthma he has - Cough Variant Asthma. Many doctors failed Read on »
Allergic Asthma Treatment: Defining Allergic Asthma by Lucy J. Patient Expert Posted Tue 31 Jan 2012 6:37am Asthma is a chronic condition characterized mainly by shortness of breath. This is due to a variety of factors that include narrowing or inflammation of the airways, and accumulation of mucus. Asthma can be developed through different factors, some of which are: exposure to environments that cause respiratory infections, and it can be inhe ... Read on »
Get Help for Asthma at the Free Asthma Guide Online by COPDsurvivor Patient Expert Posted Sun 24 Jan 2010 10:04am Are you wondering what bronchial asthma is? Did you recently have a chest x ray and were you diagnosed with asthma? Do you have a child that has been diagnosed with acute or chronic asthma? Do you want to know more about treatment emphysema options, stages of the condition, or about the different types of breathing issues that some people deal Read on »
World Asthma Day: NIH Research Advances Help People with Asthma by nih.gov Posted Tue 03 May 2011 8:00am Institutes of Health joins with public health officials, health organizations, and patient groups around the world to recognize World Asthma Day. As NIH's leading supporters of asthma research, we at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), and the National Institute of Allergy Read on »
Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: It’s Just Asthma by Jane M. Certified Respiratory Therapist Posted Mon 10 May 2010 7:29am COPD and asthma, although different, do have similarities – and they tend to run in families. If you have COPD you should learn about asthma and understand that it can be serious – very serious – even deadly. This is based on a true story, told from a respiratory therapist’s perspective. The names of people and places have been changed.   It was 11 Read on »
Childhood diet linked to asthma prevalence, adult diet linked to asthma severity by DiseaseProof Medical Doctor Posted Mon 27 Sep 2010 7:00am poor nutrition and asthma, including evidence that a single high-calorie, low-nutrient meal can spark airway inflammation, which can exacerbate asthma symptoms. Asthmatic adults... Asthma has skyrocketed in the U.S. – the prevalence of asthma doubled between 1986 and 2005. Obesity is known to mechanically compromise proper function of the lungs Read on »
Asthma UK: Severe Asthma Report by Susannah H. Posted Sat 17 Jul 2010 12:00am living with severe asthma and is published by the UK’s leading asthma charity, Asthma UK. You can download and read it  here . I was asked to participate by their media/PR... asthma last weekend, so missed contributing. However they have told me they would like me to contribute to their next report and the media/PR consultant will be in touch Read on »