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Heat treatment for severe asthma
WebMD.Boots.com 8th June 2011 – Heat isn't always a person with asthma's best friend and many find hot weather can make their symptoms worse. However, a pioneering non-drug treatment uses heat to help asthma patients breathe easier. … Pioneering Non-Drug Asthma Treatment Begins In UK Pioneering asthma treatment in UK New radio wave surgery heals asthma patients |
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Antibiotics May “Cure” Some Types of Severe Asthma
EmpowHer Asthma is a disease that makes breathing difficult. Researchers don't know exactly what causes asthma but they do know that allergies, genetics and other factors can trigger the condition. … |
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Antibiotics 'cure' for severe asthma?
Telegraph.co.uk Eduard Drizik, a microbiologist at Massachusetts University in the US, led the study which looked at whether the presence of antibodies specific to fighting C. pneumonia could predict the severity of a patient's asthma. Presenting the study to the … The role of bacteria in asthma and the potential for antibiotic treatment |
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New Hope For Severe Asthma Sufferers
Los Angeles Times A surgical procedure that shrinks muscle tissue in the windpipe is offering hope for people with severe asthma. There has been frustratingly limited treatment for asthma, a chronic condition in which restricted airflow causes breathing problems. … |
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New Hope For Severe Asthma Sufferers
Hartford Courant A surgical procedure that shrinks muscle tissue in the windpipe is offering hope for sufferers of severe asthma. There has been frustratingly limited treatment for asthma, a chronic condition in which restricted airflow causes breathing problems. … Boston Scientific Targets Asthma |
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New asthma procedure 'cooks' lungs to weaken muscles responsible for severe …
New York Daily News Beth Israel's new bronchial thermoplasty procedure would offer asthma patients a better quality of life, though the solution is not perfect. New Yorkers with severe asthma have tried it all: inhalers, steroids, nebulizers. … |
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Add-on Therapy Improves Outcomes in Severe Asthma
Medscape May 5, 2011 — Omalizumab may provide additional relief for patients with severe allergic asthma who do not respond adequately to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) or long-acting beta 2 -agonists (LABAs), investigators report in the May 3 issue of the … |
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South Bend teen battles back from severe asthma attack, attends high school Prom
WNDU-TV May is National Asthma Awareness Month, and believe it or not, statistics show that every day 11 Americans die from the disease. One South Bend teen nearly died after a severe asthma attack, but she was determined to get her life back with lots of … |
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Allergies come in a variety of categories, including severe
San Diego Union Tribune About one in five Americans has at least one allergy, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. Allergies are the fifth-leading cause of disease in the United States and the third-most common chronic disease among … Asthma and related allergic diseases Control for Many Severe Asthmatics Still Illusive Science Center to host free asthma screening |
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Control for Many Severe Asthmatics Still Illusive
PR Newswire (press release) WASHINGTON, May 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today on World Asthma Day 2011, despite decades of progress on the management and control of asthma – more research, better understanding and powerful treatments – millions of people with severe asthma … |
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