Female baby boomers with asthma may need help
Asthma takes a backseat to other conditions with older women. Women over the age of 65 face numerous barriers to good health: an increased risk for obesity, greater… read more.
Asthma takes a backseat to other conditions with older women. Women over the age of 65 face numerous barriers to good health: an increased risk for obesity, greater… read more.
Among older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), particularly those with asthma, newly prescribed long-acting beta-agonists (LABAs) and inhaled corticosteroid combination therapy, compared with newly prescribed LABAs… read more.
New article shows individuals can improve asthma symptoms by avoiding air pollution. People who suffer from asthma may think there’s not a lot they can do to control… read more.
Evidence suggests childhood obesity comes before asthma. For years, doctors have known that there is a link between childhood obesity and asthma, but have found it difficult to… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Compared with monotherapy with long-acting beta-agonists (LABAs), combination therapy with LABAs and inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) among older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),… read more.
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Dr. Dermot Nolan, GP at Tramore Medical Clinic, Ireland.
Obesity, especially excessive belly fat, is a risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) Excessive belly fat… read more.
David Price, Primary Care Respiratory Society Professor, University of Aberdeen, UK and Affilate Associate Professor.
Researchers examine health benefits of yoga for asthma sufferers. Yoga has long been promoted as a method for improving physical and mental well-being. And although yoga is often… read more.
In a study published in the scientific journal Nature Immunology, a group at the La Jolla Institute (LJI) led by Pandurangan Vijayanand, Ph.D. identify new genes that likely contribute… read more.
Some of the increase in asthma risk toward the end of the 20th century could be attributed to the increase in body mass index (BMI) in mid-childhood, according… read more.
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