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Waiting to Exhale: GPS Inhalers Identify Asthma Hotspots
Governing (blog) By next summer, when 500 people with asthma in Louisville, Ky., decide to take a whiff from their inhaler, they won't just be injecting much-needed oxygen into their lungs — they'll be participating in a cutting-edge experiment that's pushing the … |
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House to defy ozone treaty, allow sale of asthma inhalers
The Hill (blog) The House is looking to pass legislation this week that would legalize the sale of 1 million asthma inhalers, which were banned from drugstore shelves this year in order to comply with an international air quality treaty. Republicans are expected to … Malpractice: Fresh from Election, House Republicans Set Vote to Put One … |
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 Daily Mail |
Rebecca thought she had asthma. So why didn't inhalers help?
Daily Mail An Asthma UK survey found 76 per cent of people with asthma say exercise is a trigger for their symptoms. Quite why it does this is not fully understood, but it's thought that breathing in more air as you exercise dries the airways. 'I felt as if a … |
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Daily Mail |
Asthma: Rebecca thought she had the condition. So why didn't inhalers help?
Daily Mail EILO will not respond to inhalers because while asthma is caused by overly sensitive airways in the lungs that inflame through exposure to allergens or, indeed, exercise, EILO is caused by the vocal cords closing over the windpipe during exercise. A … |
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 Wired |
Asthmapping: Smart Inhalers Track Usage to Save Lives
Wired Asthma sucks. It's a chronic disease that can constrict your breathing to the point of killing you. There's medication to help you manage it, but getting the dosage and regime right means your doctor needs detailed information about your experience … |
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New study could lessen asthmatics reliance on inhalers
Catholic Online The majority of adults who suffer from mild or moderate asthma typically use their inhalers twice daily, even if they are without symptoms. Now, the global treatment guidelines for asthma may change as a result of a study led by a researcher at the … |
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Improper use of inhalers leads to severe symptoms among asthmatics
StudentNewsIE.com A lot of new inhalers have been introduced to asthmatic patients these days but sad to say, they could not make the most out of these health apparatuses because they are not using them properly. So instead of acquiring a remedy, severe symptoms begin … |
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 Telegraph.co.uk |
Asthmatics suffering 'because doctors can't understand inhalers'
Telegraph.co.uk They say asthma sufferers including children are ending up in accident and emergency with serious breathing difficulties because they have not been given sound advice on how to use inhalers. Asthma, which affects up to eight million people in Britain, … Inhaler advice fear for asthma patients Healthcare professionals as bad as patients at good respiratory inhaler technique Inhalers 'not being used correctly' |
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 KELOLAND TV |
Do All Asthma Patients Need Inhalers?
KELOLAND TV Some steroid inhalers for asthma are quite expensive, and now a new study questions if all asthma patients need to use inhalers on a regular basis. People with mild asthma have been using steroid inhalers to prevent attacks for decades, but the study … |
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 In-PharmaTechnologist.com |
Asthma sufferers could ditch daily inhalers, says UTMB
In-PharmaTechnologist.com One group took corticosteroids – the most common treatment for asthma – under the normal twice-a-day prescription, and the other only when symptoms occurred. The researchers found that symptom-based doses are not only just as effective as taking a … |
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