Archive for the ‘Asthma’ Category

  • On the Lookout for New Asthma Tools

    Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

    Kristen Ziegler Posted on: October 19, 2009   New technology that can track symptoms and medication dosages anytime and anywhere has the potential to usher asthma management into the emerging mobile information society.All it takes is an iPhone® and an add-on application for patients with asthma to record their health information. This app allows patients [...]

  • Dennis Rodman and Asthma

    Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

    http://organizedwisdom.com/Dennis_Rodman_and_Asthma

  • CDC Says Most Won’t Need Drugs for Flu

    Thursday, September 10th, 2009

    By David Brown Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, September 9, 2009 With pandemic influenza cases on the rise across the country, federal public health authorities on Tuesday urged physicians to prescribe antiviral medicines to high-risk patients promptly but reminded the public that most people won’t need, and shouldn’t expect to get, the drugs if they [...]

  • Are you Aware of these Stop Smoking Tips?

    Saturday, September 5th, 2009

    Are You Aware Of These Stop Snoring Tips? Are you wondering how you can begin getting more sleep and stop waking up in the morning feeling so groggy and tired? Well this article is going to provide you with some stop snoring tips you can begin taking today; to help you begin getting a better [...]

  • Can You Actually Out Grow Asthma?

    Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

    Medications and lifestyle changes help manage asthma, but they will not actually cure it, the airways will still remain inflammed and reactive unless you control your surroundings, and manage your medication.     Asthma affects about 24 million Americans and is more prevalance in the polutions filled cities.  Treatment for asthma depends on its severity and incorporates [...]

  • How to use a Spacer with your Puffers.

    Friday, July 10th, 2009

  • Can you Catch Asthma?

    Monday, May 25th, 2009

    Monday, May 25, 2009 Since the allergy season is upon us, I wanted to talk a little bit about asthma. Doctors see kids with asthma almost every day during the spring and summer. Although asthma is common, it is often misunderstood. First, what is asthma? It’s a lung condition that causes a person’s bronchial tubes [...]

  • Vitamin D Levels Linked to Asthma Severity

    Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

    April 28, 2009 The first in vivo study of its kind provides evidence for a link between vitamin D insufficiency and asthma severity in children.   Serum levels of vitamin D in more than 600 Costa Rican children were inversely linked to several indicators of allergy and asthma severity, including hospitalizations for asthma, use of inhaled [...]

  • The Beginning of the New Alliance Oxygen

    Monday, April 20th, 2009

    I had a great time today talking with some of our past, present and soon to be oxygen and cpap clients. We are starting with our first Respiratory Clinic in Parksville on Monday lead by Carla Flegel RRT and Deb Schrott RRT. This will be the first of many Respiratory Clinics on the Island. If [...]