Parent Pointers: Tips For Parents of Kids With Asthma
Sunday February 28, 2010
When you think about it, one of our most important jobs as a parent is to make sure our kids are positioned to be the best adults they can possibly ... Read More
What Questions About Asthma Annoy You?
Saturday February 27, 2010
Sometimes doctors ask us questions that seem to make no sense and are clearly annoying to us. Breathinstephen outlines his 7 silliest asthma questions that doctors ask and his humorous ... Read More
Mediterranean Diet & Asthma
Friday February 26, 2010
A Mediterranean diet-- well known to protect your heart and decrease cancer risk-- might just also improve your asthma. While there is no one Mediterranean diet, it can be thought ... Read More
Asthma & Vitamin D
Thursday February 25, 2010
If you are a woman over the age of 40, you probably know that you should be taking Vitamin D. Unfortunately, many women don't get enough. But did you know ... Read More
Asthma Quackery
Wednesday February 24, 2010
According to Stephen Barrett, M.D., founder of Quackwatch, quackery can best be defined as "the promotion of unsubstantiated methods that lack a scientifically plausible rationale. Promotion usually involves a profit ... Read More
Your Doctor’s Communication Skills
Tuesday February 23, 2010
The following list outlines a number of specific things your doctor can do in communicating with patients. The more your doctor does, more than likely, the better your doctor's communication ... Read More
Your Doctor's Communication Skills
Monday February 22, 2010
Communication is an essential part of your asthma care. I thought it would be interesting to see what each of you thinks about your doctor's communication skills.
FDA Changing Safety Statements For LABAs
Sunday February 21, 2010
While there has been a black box warning for long acting beta agonists or LABAs for some time, the FDA stated in a press release this week that LABAs "should ... Read More
Buying Medication Online
Saturday February 20, 2010
Buying medication online can be daunting. Every time you enter a drug in a search engine, hundreds of sites come up trying to make a sale to you. Is it ... Read More
Do You Know All The Risk Factors For Developing An Asthma Attack?
Thursday February 18, 2010
A number of different asthma risk factors may increase your chances of developing an asthma attack. Some of the asthma risk factors are avoidable like exposure to smoking and eating ... Read More
Community Resources & Asthma
Wednesday February 17, 2010
According to a the The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology a number of community factors may affect how common asthma is in your community. The authors looked at how ... Read More
Happy Mardi Gras & Wheezing
Tuesday February 16, 2010
Many of you may have heard the adage "all that wheezes is not asthma." As an intern, a first year physician out of medical school, a colleague came across a ... Read More
Asthma & Your Insurance
Monday February 15, 2010
A number of people have left posts regarding one of my blogs related to asthma and insurance status. Shirley J says "Having insurance is no guarantee that insurance covers your ... Read More
How Does Asthma Affect Your Family?
Sunday February 14, 2010
Does asthma affect your family? Watch this video and see how asthma affects the everyday life of this family. What sort of changes do you make to decrease the affect ... Read More
Climate Change May Be Bad For Your Asthma
Saturday February 13, 2010
All of the recent snow has stirred uo some opinions about climate change recently. There has been great debate about climate change with strong, passionate arguments on both sides. What ... Read More
Allergic Rhinitis & Asthma
Friday February 12, 2010
A study released in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)shows that allergy shots decrease costs of ... Read More
10 Things You Can Do to Make Your Home More Asthma Friendly
Thursday February 11, 2010
More than 5% of Americans have asthma causing missed days of school, work, and unwanted visits to the ER and hospital. Allergens are one of the most common reasons asthma ... Read More
Are You At Risk For Fatal Asthma?
Wednesday February 10, 2010
Never Discount the Severity of an Asthma Exacerbation
Asthma exacerbations can be life threatening and can occur in anyone with mild to severe asthma. Only 33% of asthma deaths occur in ... Read More
School Nurses Keep Kids In Class
Tuesday February 9, 2010
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
Does Snow Shoveling Affect Your Asthma?
Monday February 8, 2010
The American Heart Association cautions people about participating in heavy exercise in the cold like snow shoveling. What about your asthma? Does snow shoveling affect your asthma? Take the poll ... Read More
Wheezing a Tune- Ludwig von Beethoven
Monday February 8, 2010
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
Asthma Control and Your Rescue Inhaler
Sunday February 7, 2010
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
Not Just Custodial Staff at Risk for Occupational Asthma in Hospitals
Saturday February 6, 2010
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 published ... Read More
Asthma & Statins
Friday February 5, 2010
According to a report at last years American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology meeting in Washington, asthma patients on inhaled steroids and also taking a statin, a cholesterol lowering ... Read More
Alice Cooper- Rock Star With Asthma
Thursday February 4, 2010
A rock singer, song writer, and musician known for his shocking stage shows and also happens to have asthma.
What Having Asthma Was Like
In his book Alice Cooper, Golf Monster A ... Read More
Starlight Children's Foundation Medical Imaging Interactive Tutorial
Wednesday February 3, 2010
Have you ever wanted to try to explain to your child what a cat scan or MRI would be like? The Starlight Children's Foundation has created Medical Imaging: Welcome to ... Read More
MSG & Asthma
Tuesday February 2, 2010
Does your asthma worsen after taking Monosodium glutamate or MSG? Severe and poorly controlled asthmatics are potentially at risk for worsening asthma after ingesting MSG.
What Is MSG?
MSG is a flavor ... Read More
Over The Counter Inhalers?
Monday February 1, 2010
With the increasing cost of asthma inhalers, many patients have told me they have increasingly begun to use over the counter inhalers like Primatene Mist.
Do you use these inhalers? Are ... Read More