What Doctors Don't Tell YouOver the past 10 years, eight workers at a popcorn plant in the US town of Jasper, Missouri, have developed bronchiolitis obliterans, a rare lung disease that causes permanent damage to lung tissue.
The idea of what asthma is and how it should be treated could be due for a rethink, if the findings of a new research study are to be believed. ...
The story so far: Serevent (salmeterol xinafoate) is a beta-agonist inhaler for asthmatics. Deaths were so quickly associated with the drug following its approval that the manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK),
Australian researchers have reported that the atmospheric conditions associated with thunderstorms may increase the likelihood of asthma outbreaks. ...
ASPIRIN: Not quite the wonder drug, after all
Inhaled steroid treatment offers no clinically significant benefit in school age children suffering from asthma, according to a study of children who experienced wheezing associated with upper res ...
New data suggest that supplementing with vitamin E can help lower rates of asthma, rhinitis and hayfever. ...
Q Since WDDTY last covered the Buteyko breathing technique for asthma (vol 7 no 2), has there been any further research on this method? - H.F.M. Sopher, Essex
Children under 5 years of age who start treatment with inhaled corticosteroids for asthma are at risk of growth retardation, report Turkish researchers. ...
