Asthma: take less inhaled corticosteroids, but with the same benefits - There s often a gulf between research and practice in medicine The doctor too often sticks to what he knows and has been taught and so rarely carri...

Asthma: a breath of fresh air - If ever a disease were misunderstood by modern medicine, it is asthma. Although doctors finally have begun to accept that asthma may be caused by an a...

ASTHMA MANUAL - The Asthma Manual looks at every possible aspect of the condition, and gives its verdict, based on numerous scientific studies.

Mineral eases asthma wheeze - Magnesium can help protect against asthma, wheezing and other lung and airflow disorders. This significant discovery made during an intensive study of...

Asthma drugs cause deaths - Certain asthma drugs, particularly those used in inhalants, could be contributing to the increase in the number of deaths from asthma. ...

How medicine treats asthma - The conventional treatment of asthma relies on a two-pronged approach. The first is to eliminate the ‘triggers’, which provoke asthma attacks in the f...

Asthma: Swimming pools are a major cause - Swimming pools may be bad for asthma sufferers, researchers are discovering. The chlorine in the water has been pinpointed as a possible cause, and c...

A medical wheeze - Many authorities in medicine admit that most of the drug therapies for asthma are making the problem worse. ...