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Asthma drugs need to be maintained for continued benefit

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children whose asthma improved while taking steroid drugs for several years did not see those improvements continue after stopping the drugs, new results from a comprehensive childhood asthma study show.





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Trying to inhale: Asthma sufferers say CFC-free inhalers aren't as effective

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created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Months after a federal ban went into effect outlawing a propellant used in most rescue inhalers, some asthma sufferers insist that the replacement inhalers don't work and might even be harmful.


Common bronchodilator linked to increased deaths

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created Sep 15, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 0

A common bronchodilator drug which has been used for more than a decade by patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been linked to a one-third higher risk of cardiovascular-related deaths.


The Medical Minute: Asthma patients should consider pollution's effect

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created Apr 04, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Scientific studies have clearly demonstrated the impact of air pollution in humans with chronic respiratory illnesses such as asthma. Furthermore, it has been shown that exercise can enhance the adverse effects specific air ...



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