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New Procedure Helps Patients with Severe Asthma Breathe Easier
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com 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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Help Kids Breathe Easier on Halloween
U.S. News & World Report Potential problems range from ingredients in candy to dust and chemicals in costumes, according to Dr. Stephen Apaliski, author of a book called "Beating Asthma: Seven Simple Principles." Here he outlines some possible Halloween allergy and asthma … |
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New procedure helps patients with severe asthma breathe easier
Medical Xpress 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 persistent asthma, frequent hospital visits tend to be the … |
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New Procedure Helps Patients with Severe Asthma Breathe Easier
eNews Park Forest CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2012. 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 persistent asthma, … |
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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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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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New procedure makes breathing easier for asthmatics
phillyBurbs.com It's called bronchial thermoplasty. Trained pulmonologists are using the procedure to reduce the amount of smooth muscle that lines the bronchial tubes of patients with severe asthma, thereby opening the airways more. They use a catheter in a … |
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