All Entries in the "ASTHMA" Category
Dog Breeds That May Work For People With Asthma
As anyone with asthma will testify, living with asthma as well as dogs can be hair-raising; because it is often our beloved pooches that cause us to have those horrible attacks that make life so much more difficult. It is the pet dander that is responsible for triggering those asthma attacks and one would do [...]
Understanding Types Of Asthma May Be Key To Controlling It
In order to control asthma and receive the best possible treatment for it, it is necessary to identify the type of asthma a person has: Having allergies makes a person far more likely to have asthma. 80% of asthmatics have allergies and those with certain allergies are more likely to have asthma. Exercise induced asthma. [...]
Three Pronged Program May Help Control Teen Asthma
As readers are probably aware, asthma can lead to complications which can, in grave cases lead to the death of the sufferer. However, what is shocking is that black male deaths resulting from asthma are six times the number of their white counterparts and it is estimated that this is matched by numbers relating to [...]
Asthma Sufferers More Likely To Be Depressed
Asthma sufferers have to live with the difficulties of having an attack triggered at any time; however it could be more than just breathing difficulties and wheezing that they may be prone to. A recent study has found that asthma sufferers are also more likely to be prone to depression or similar psychological problems. The [...]
Beware Of Asthma Quackery
A timely warning issued here reminds us about the fact that we should be viewing all ‘miracle cures’ with a healthy dose of salt. Things that promise ‘instant relief’ or ‘miracle cure’ for asthma attacks come within the realm of Caveat Emptor which is the legal doctrine of ‘let the buyer beware’. This is why [...]
HRT May Up Asthma Risk
A large scale study reported that there is a link between female hormones and asthma. Scientists have found that estrogen only hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may increase the risk of developing asthma among post menopausal women. French and Mexican researchers found that compared with women who had never used any form of HRT, those who [...]
Herbal Remedies May Not Be Answer For Asthma, Say Researchers
A new study has shown that asthma sufferers who use herbal medicine have poorer life quality and increased symptoms. In the study it was seen that those asthma sufferers who used herbal remedies used prescribed inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) less than others, who were not using them. In other words asthma sufferers using herbal remedies are [...]
Asthma? Bask In The Sun For Some ‘Sunshine’ Vitamin
Asthma sufferers with low levels of vitamin D may be worse off than others who have no vitamin deficiency, a study has found. Asthma sufferers with a deficit of what we know as the Sunshine vitamin (because the body suffers from this deficiency in part due to inadequate sunshine exposure), do not respond as well [...]
Shallow Breathing Technique Can Fight Asthma
Coral Baglia started to suffer from asthma at the age of 42 and she realized that it was her breathing that was now different that caused her to develop asthma at this late stage. She resolved to change herself since she was unable to control all the various triggers that are causing to have an [...]
Porridge To Prevent Asthma?
Finnish scientists discovered a link between babies being fed oats (from which porridge is made) early in life and lowered risk of developing asthma later in life. The study found that the risk of developing asthma reduced by two thirds among babies who were started off on porridge before 5 months of age. Multiple studies [...]
