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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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New asthma treatment at Sentara has patients breathing better
Virginia Gazette WILLIAMSBURG – Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center has begun offering a new treatment for severe asthma called Bronchial Thermoplasty. This minimally invasive outpatient procedure uses a bronchoscope to deliver thermal energy to the lungs … |
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Wider choice for NZ asthma patients
Voxy Increasing the choice of funded treatments for children and adults with asthma is to be commended, Medicines New Zealand General Manager Kevin Sheehy says. This week PHARMAC announced that an additional choice in asthma treatments will be … |
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New Hope for 4 Million Asthma Patients
AllAfrica.com Most of the four million Kenyans living with asthma might soon access proper treatment after the Ministry of Public Health partnered with medics involved in the disease management yesterday. Head of disease prevention and control Dr Willis Akhwale said … |
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Wider Choice for NZ Asthma Patients
Scoop.co.nz (press release) “Providing another funded option for treating pre-school wheeze and exercise induced asthma attacks will have direct and measurable benefits to patients, through decreased hospital admissions and an increased ability to participate in sporting … |
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Asthma patients get fully funded treatment
Voxy New Zealand asthma patients will now have another fully funded treatment option thanks to Pharmac reimbursing Singulair (montelukast sodium) from 1 August 2012. New Zealand has one of the highest prevalence rates of asthma in the world, second only … PHARMAC to fund alternative treatments for asthma, scabies Pharmac funds new asthma treatment for preschoolers Funding for alternative treatments for asthma, scabies |
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Boost for asthma patients as researchers discover new breakthrough for …
Daily Mail At least one asthma-related hospitalisation was observed in 3.79 per cent of the first group, compared with 6.47 per cent of the second group. Those on statins were much less likely to go to A&E – 4.18 per cent compared with 9.08 per cent. Those on … |
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New procedure helps asthma patients
WFMZ Allentown It's helping patients with severe asthma and a local hospital is one of only a few in the state offering the treatments. Doctors at Lehigh Valley Health Network have only been offering the life-changing procedure for a few months. "We have probably 15 … |
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Young asthma patients learn, have fun at camp
The Augusta Chronicle Devan Brown (left), 9, on therapist Cliff Dennis and Brandon Whiddon, 9, on camp counselor Hammond Bold play in the pool at Camp Tanglewood during a camp for children ages 6-13 who have asthma. Back | Next. Andrew Williamson, 6, slides into the pool … Asthma camp helps young patients enjoy summer, stay healthy |
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Asthma camp helps young patients enjoy summer, stay healthy
WRDW-TV Kitty Herlen, the camp director, said, "A lot of children with asthma think they can't do normal activities, and they can. Asthma can't be cured, but it can be managed." At GHSU's EZ Breathy Island summer camp, camp counselors are also trained medical … |
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