What Doctors Don't Tell YouQ 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
I have been trying to figure out how to fight a standard medical procedure, the examination of the genitals of children during routine physical examinations, barring any obvious medical problems. ...
Beclomethasone the generic name for a range of inhaled corticosteroids used to control asthma can cause cataracts, researchers have discovered recently. ...
There's a wind of change in asthma treatment, or certainly as far as the marketing men are concerned. They've been sharpening their pencils to tell doctors about Seretide, a new asthma inhaler des ...
Researchers have found a possible link between tooth whiteners and oral cancer.
The ingredients used in tooth whiteners caused inflammation and mucosal trauma at high concentrations. Although not thought to be carcinogens, inflammation can have an un
More evidence that inhaled steroids carry the same risks as the oral kind. New research shows that children treated with the inhaled corticosteroid beclomethasone grow at a slower rate than those given a placebo or salmeterol.
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. ...
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 ...
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People with asthma who take high doses of inhaled and nasal steroids are as likely to develop glaucoma as those taking them orally. Investigators from the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, Cana ...
