Wednesday, April 4, 2012

What is Asthma?
Millions of Children Affected by Asthma

Nine year old Evan Smith was diagnosed as having Asthma at a young age. He is able to manage his Asthma and participate in sports without any trouble. "He can do pretty much anything, he skates, he plays hockey, he hikes, he's very active," says Evan's father Curtis Smith...

Source fox43.com



Changes in asthma treatment improve wait time and patient care in Emergency

OTTAWA, Canada -- Dr. Roger Zemek, Director of Emergency Research at the CHEO Research Institute and ED physician, and assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, has overseen the creation and implementation of a Medical Directive that now empowers nurses to administer an oral steroid treatment, which has reduced wait time and improved patient care. This research is published today in Pediatrics...

Source sciencecodex.com



Warning for asthma sufferers after inquest into mum's death

Asthma sufferers are being urged to take their illness seriously after an inquest heard how a Bradford mother-of-four died of the condition...

Source thetelegraphandargus.co.uk

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