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New procedure alleviates symptoms in people with severe asthma

A new drug-free treatment for asthma has been shown to be effective in an international study of patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma. The results showed statistically significant improvements in quality of life and ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

'Difficult-to-treat asthma' may be due to difficult-to-treat patients

Difficult-to-treat asthma often may have more to do with patients who do not take their medication as instructed than ineffective medication, according to researchers in Northern Ireland.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Anti-fungal drug offers great benefits to some with severe asthma

Some patients with severe asthma who also have allergic sensitivity to certain fungi enjoy great improvements in their quality of life and on other measures after taking an antifungal drug, according to new research from ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Dec 29, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Those with severe asthma offered radical treatment

(AP) -- People with severe asthma are getting a radically different treatment option: A way to snake a wire inside their lungs and melt off some of the tissue that squeezes their airways shut.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created May 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0