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  • Study links highways, railways to asthma

    Study links highways, railways to asthma A new Mayo Clinic study suggests where children live can significantly affect their chances of developing asthma later in life. Read more on KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul

  • Severe asthma patients get new lung treatment: Thermoplasty

    Severe asthma patients get new lung treatment: Thermoplasty People with severe asthma are getting a radically different treatment option: A way to snake a wire inside their lungs and melt off some of the tissue that squeezes their airways shut. Read more on USA Today

  • People’s Pharmacy answers letters about asthma and Vitamin D

    People’s Pharmacy answers letters about asthma and Vitamin D People’s Pharmacy addresses asthma, Vitamin D deficiencies and more. Read more on Seattle Times

  • Asthma rates high in region for kids in Hunter New England health service region

    Asthma rates high in region for kids in Hunter New England health service region MORE children in the Hunter and New England health service region are diagnosed with asthma or are overweight than any other area health service region, a new NSW Health study has found. Read more on Northern Daily Leader

  • Asthma Treatment Option: Bronchial Thermoplasty

    ARLINGTON, Va. (WUSA) — Tony Cook of Alexandria, Virginia, recalls the wheezing, hoarseness and sleeping woes along with many prescribed and failed medications and treatments he’s had since he was diagnosed with asthma as a child. Tony explains that, at one point, he thought no medication would ever be enough to provide him with lasting […]

  • Childhood Asthma Treatment: Not One-Size-Fits-All

    Childhood Asthma Treatment: Not One-Size-Fits-All: Study helps guide treatment choices A new study has found the addition of long-acting beta-agonist therapy to be the most effective of three step-up, or supplemental, treatments for children whose asthma is not well controlled on low doses of inhaled corticosteroids alone. The study was designed to provide needed evidence […]

  • GSK begins Phase III Study of Relovair, a New Daily Treatment for Asthma

    GlaxoSmithKline has begun a new phase III study of Relovair, its new daily treatment for sufferers of asthma according to press reports and press releases on the GSK website. The pharmaceutical company revealed that the first patient to participate in the trial has now commenced treatment with the drug, which is an inhaler-administered therapy based […]

  • Asthma Continues to be a Serious Public Health Problem

    Asthma continues to be a serious public health problem. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • About 23 million people, including almost 7 million children, have asthma. * Asthma prevalence is higher among families with lower incomes. • 12 million people report having an asthma attack in the past year. • Asthma […]

  • Vitamin D and Asthma Attacks

    Vitamin D helps fend Asthma attacks According to New Study A new study of Japanese schoolchildren, vitamin D supplements taken during the winter and early spring helped prevent seasonal flu and asthma attacks states according to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Press reports reflect that the idea for the study came from an earlier […]

  • Asthma and Sleep Apnea

    Asthma and Obstructive Sleep Apnea According to research conducted by the National Institute of Health (NIH), mounting evidence implicates OSAS as a risk factor for asthma exacerbations, thereby linking these 2 major epidemics. OBJECTIVE: To review the concept of a possible link between asthma and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and the impact on asthma […]