Home Test Kit Helps Identify Asthma Triggers

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Americans spend up to 90% of their time indoors.  For those suffering from asthma this makes it all the more important that the air they breathe in their homes, offices and schools is free of elevated levels of known asthma triggers...

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Inhaled Steroids Lead to Big Drop in Asthma Deaths at Texas Hospital: Study

TUESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Patient education and medication compliance contributed to a 74 percent drop in the number of patients with life-threatening asthma admitted to the intensive care unit at University Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, researchers report...

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Asthma Cases Continue to Rise in U.S., Affecting Millions

TUESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Asthma continues to take its toll on Americans, with almost 19 million adults (8.2 percent) suffering from the disorder in 2010, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

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