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New Procedure Helps Patients with Severe Asthma Breathe Easier
Sacramento Bee CHICAGO, Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Nearly 24 million people in this country suffer from asthma. For most of them, avoiding allergens and taking medications help keep their asthma under control. But for a small group with severe … |
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Project Breathe Easy offers support to families with asthmatic children
Anderson Independent Mail Children living with asthma, a chronic lung disease, suffer narrowing airways that swell and produce extra mucus. Triggers, found in almost every room or back yard, complicate breathing. The top triggers — pollen, pet dander, household insects, dust … |
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New Procedure Helps Asthma Victims Breathe Easy
CBS Local MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – For decades, the only way to treat asthma has been with drugs. And even those, sometimes, aren't enough to treat severe asthma. A new break-through procedure is providing hope as a Twin Cities hospital was one of only a few … |
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New technology helps asthma patients breathe easier
WPXI Pittsburgh It is peak allergy and asthma season, and thanks to the dry and warm summer, ragweed is even worse. Some new technology is now helping patients breathe easier. Dr. Deborah Gentile at West Penn Allegheny Health System uses FeNO (fractional exhaled … |
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Bronchial thermoplasty might help asthma patients breathe easier
PennLive.com The promise of change came with a new procedure called bronchial thermoplasty, which works by delivering thermal energy to the airway wall to reduce airway smooth muscle that typically is enlarged in asthma patients. The thermal energy decreases the … |
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New asthma treatment, bronchial thermoplasty, helps patients breathe easier
abc7.com LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Asthma sufferers are accustomed to using inhalers and medicine to breathe easier, but now there's a new procedure that could help treat the disease. For 73-year-old Betzable Alday, breathing used to be painful. "Before, I used to … |
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Program uses home visits to help asthmatic kids breathe easier
The Seattle Times The Gonzalez family in SeaTac is among many now benefiting from targeted home visits, in which community-health workers inspect residences for triggers like dust, poor ventilation and mold that can aggravate asthma. Then, they offer solutions. By … |
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Camp Breathe Happy educating, entertaining asthmatic kids
WJLA D.C. has some of the highest rates of asthma in the United States, and one local day camp is helping kids with the life-altering condition breathe a little easier. Continue reading. Layona Whitehead is one of the thousands of kids in D.C. living with … |
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Allergy and asthma linked to the air pupils breathe
News-Medical.net By Kirsty Oswald, MedWire Reporter. Poor air quality inside classrooms could play a role in the development of asthma and allergies in children, the results of a French study show. Researchers found that pupils exposed to high levels of fine particles … |
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Hot, Humid, and Hard to Breathe
dailyRx Summer is a humid time of year in many places around the United States. Humid weather not only makes you sweaty and slimy, but also can make it hard to breath for some asthma patients. People with asthma can have difficulty breathing in humid weather … |
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