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Breathless: While asthma can't be cured, proper treatment can stop it from …
PennLive.com Asthma is a chronic lung disease that makes it hard to breathe. The airways of asthma sufferers are often swollen, inflamed and extra sensitive to triggers that can cause an asthma attack, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America … |
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Allergies? Asthma? Your surroundings could be making you sick
PennLive.com Recognizing a quality of life issue, Bombatch was referred by her family physician to Dr. Robert Zuckerman of Allergy & Asthma Specialists of Harrisburg. Zuckerman, who often gives lectures to local physicians on allergy symptoms and treatment, also … |
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Max And Lorraine Foundation Thanks Golfers Battling Asthma
PennLive.com This year 46 children were able to attend Camp AsthmaCadabra at the YMCA's Camp Kresge in White Haven. Without Camp AsthmaCadabra children with asthma would not be able to safely enjoy the camping experience. A special thank you to Cathy Gower … |
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Camp For Children With Asthma Had Good Year Thanks To Helpers
PennLive.com The Max and Lorraine Foundation was founded in memory of Lorraine Button Tracy and her son Max who passed away at age 40 and 10 respectively due to complications arising from asthma attacks. A special thank you to our medical director, Dr. Jeffrey … |
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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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Children With Asthma Experience Camp Fun Without Fear
PennLive.com Camp Asthmacadabra, sponsored by the Max and Lorraine Foundation and American Lung Association in Pennsylvania, is an overnight camp for children who have asthma. The camp is for children ages 7 to 12 and runs from Thursday until Sunday. Anthony … |
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Triggers vary among asthmatics, but symptoms remain treatable
PennLive.com Allison Freeman of Geisinger Health System, a member of the Pennsylvania Asthma Partnership, works to get information about asthma out to the public. Margaret Mimnagh likes to joke that she's allergic to “everything under the sun. |
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Allergy Season Rushes In
PennLive.com "The allergy season starts right now and typically ends in mid-October," explained Dr. Timothy J. Craig, a professor of medicine and pediatrics, allergy, asthma and immunology at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Derry Township. |
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Asthma sufferers face change in inhaler standards
PennLive.com If you're one of those people with mild asthma who counts on picking up an over-the-counter inhaler at the drug store to help with occasional symptoms, that won't be an option much longer. As of Dec. 31, epinephrine inhalers containing … Law bans otc asthma inhalers, bad for environment |
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Asthma Fails to Slow Hillside 5K Winner
PennLive.com Austin Biggus has asthma, which means running, especially for long distances, could be a problem for him. But it was hardly the case on Saturday, when the 34-year-old Hanover resident won the Hillside 5K Run/Walk for Muscular Dystrophy at the Hillside … |
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