It is important for asthma patients to be knowledgeable of basic influenza facts and how influenza is spread according to a press release from the from the American Academy of ... Read More

You have probably heard the concern about swine flu and know that as an asthmatic you are at greater risk for complications related to the flu. What, if anything, ... Read More

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an advisory because swine flu has now been identified in the United States and is apparently being transmitted human to ... Read More

While it is commonly thought that kids with asthma miss more school than their peers, a study published online in Chest from the Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas and ... Read More

In addition to a number of other chronic diseases, Beethoven had significant asthma. According to the Faces of Asthma, while Beethoven was composing his musical masterpieces, the  "bumbling doctors" of ... Read More

With spring allergies really starting to gear up, how are your allergies compared to last year? As ya'll are probably aware, there is a link between allergies and asthma. ... Read More

How might the technology that keeps you from getting lost in your car lead to better asthma control? David Van Sickle, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholar in ... Read More

Most asthma patients use their maintenance asthma inhaler, most commonly an inhaled steroid like Pulmicort or Flovent, and a separate rescue inhaler like Albuterol when your symptoms worsen. But ... Read More

While Breathless may be the name of one album for award winning saxophonist Kenny G, he has not let asthma get in his way. According to the Faces of Asthma, ... Read More

Asthma is a chronic disease that sometimes causes us to miss out on things we would really like to do-- but sometimes we really don't want to tell others about ... Read More

While 7 in 10 physicians report obtaining lung function tests on their patients in the last year, less than 2 in 10 patients admit that they have had the ... Read More

As the cold weather turns to spring, there are lots of environmental triggers that may worsen your asthma. Identifying and understanding your asthma is important to your asthma care. Others ... Read More

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that treating heartburn is not an effective way to control asthma symptoms. For many years patients with acid reflux ... Read More

Jerome Bettis has achieved significant things in his career as a NFL football player: 13,662 rushing yards over his career- 5th all-time Third in the NFL with 3428 rushing attempts Won the Walter ... Read More

As I was flipping through some old email today I found an email to a friend outlining a very short list of New Years resolutions. This got me wondering- did ... Read More

Studies of asthma have revealed that as may as 74% of asthmatics have nighttime awakenings at least awoke at least once per week, while as many as 64% may have ... Read More

Over the last several years, custodial/ cleaning staff have been noted to have an occupational risk because of increased reports of asthma and other respiratory illnesses. A study just published ... Read More

One of the recent debates related to healthcare deals with access. The theory goes that improved access will lead to better care for chronic diseases, a healthier population, and overall ... Read More