Breathe Well Live Well
|
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 … |
View full post on asthma – Google News
 CBS Local |
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 … |
View full post on asthma – Google News
|
Where the breathing isn't easy
The Republic Since being diagnosed with severe asthma six years ago, Marco, who lives in this border town east of San Diego, has visited the hospital nearly 50 times. He has been airlifted on several occasions. The illness has affected much of his childhood … |
View full post on asthma – Google News
 Zambia Daily Mail |
Breathe easy while getting exercise
The State Journal-Register By TAMARA BROWNING Sixteen-year-old basketball standout Larry Austin Jr. is doing what a doctor thought unlikely, given his asthma. “Actually, my doctor told me awhile ago that I'd never play a sport,” says Austin, who has college basketball … Pre-competition assessment, asthma in sportspersons |
View full post on asthma – Google News
 Daily Mail |
Breathing easy: Alarming rise of asthma leads doctors to adding lifestyle …
Daily Mail By Nalini Ravichandran Every day someone with asthma misses work or school. Every year, about 250000 people die from this disease throughout the world and these numbers are growing alarmingly. According to WHO estimates, by 2025, there could be up to … |
View full post on asthma – Google News
|
MediciNova – Breathing Easy
NASDAQ According to CDC, in the United States, tobacco use is the primary cause of COPD, but other factors like asthma, exposure to air pollutants, genetic factors, and respiratory infections also play a role. Statistics indicate that COPD claims lives of … |
View full post on asthma – Google News
|
Breathe easy: All about asthma
Times of India By 2025, it is expected that asthma would affect 400 million people worldwide from 300 million in 2004. The rate of asthma has increased from 4.1 to 9.7 per cent from centers in India, thanks to the adoption of western lifestyles and urbanization. … |
View full post on asthma – Google News
|
Breathe easy: 20 tips for asthmatics and everyone
Philippine Star That is what happens during an asthma attack. Because of our polluted air, a lot of Filipinos suffer from asthma and other lung diseases. Worldwide statistics show that one out of every eight kids has asthma, while one out of every 13 adults has asthma … |
View full post on asthma – Google News
 Sydney Morning Herald |
Asthma rates fall … but it's too soon to breathe easy
Sydney Morning Herald Claudia Jacka, pictured with her mother Lucy, developed asthma when she was two. She still has to carry an inhaler with her at all times. Photo: Kate Geraghty CLAUDIA JACKA has spent her life wheezing. She developed asthma at the age of two, … Mystery drop in asthma deaths Rich, poor divide widens in asthma cases Asthma rates linked to poverty |
View full post on asthma – Google News
|
Life with asthma isn't easy for kids in North Texas
Fort Worth Star Telegram Anti-inflammatory medication is meant to be taken on a daily basis to prevent asthma attacks. This medication is an inhaler but it is different from a rescue inhaler that is used if an asthma attack occurs. Eliminate or reduce exposure to asthma … |
View full post on asthma – Google News