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Proposed ATS Asthma Treatment Guidelines Present Problems for Patients

May Lead to Limited Access to Asthma Therapies and Testing ATS-2013 – In the three minute with David S. Wilson, M.D, FCCP, with the Lung Institute at Columbus Regional Hospital we learn: •How the proposed American Thoracic Society (ATS) Asthma…

By admin | May 20, 2013 | Asthma Awareness Month, Asthma Champions, Asthma Conference and Events, Asthma News, Featured Stories and Interviews | No Comments |

Improving Asthma Control in Patients of Hispanic & African Americans

Interview with Grace E. Hardie, PhD, RN, UCSF, SF State Associate Professor San Francisco State University Our understanding of how ethnicity influences how patients describe their asthma symptoms and how ethnicity impacts airway responsiveness is extremely limited. Ethnic influences on…

By admin | May 9, 2013 | Asthma Awareness Month, Asthma Conference and Events, Asthma News, Asthma Research and Studies, Featured Stories and Interviews | No Comments |

High Risk Factors in Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome

High Risk Factors in Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome: Highly Prevalent But Grossly Underappreciated By Tinka Davi, World Asthma Foundation The statistics are staggering: Every four minutes someone dies of COPD or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Every day nine people die from…

By admin | January 25, 2013 | Asthma Champions, Asthma Conference and Events, Asthma Research and Studies, Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome, COPD, Featured Stories and Interviews, Press Releases | No Comments |

2011 National Asthma Forum

2011 National Asthma Forum – Call for Participation! The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites you to the 2011 National Asthma Forum! Join dedicated asthma care leaders from across the nation to help transform the delivery, impact and scale of…

By admin | April 15, 2011 | Asthma Conference and Events, Asthma News | No Comments |