Asthma Prevalence at Its Highest Level Ever

WASHINGTON, June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Asthma is a serious disorder affecting millions of Americans each year.  As the summer heats up, the nation's emergency physicians want those affected by it to know how to prevent a visit to the emergency department...

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Vanderbilt Now Offering Bronchial Thermoplasty to Asthma Patients

Vanderbilt University Medical Center now offers the Alair Bronchial Thermoplasty System, which was recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Vanderbilt is the first medical center in Nashville to offer the system to asthma patients...

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Web-based tool helps parents improve on kids' asthma treatment

Asthma is the most common chronic illness in adolescents and children, affecting an estimated seven million children up to the age of 17 in the United States. The burden of asthma on children is substantial: kids with asthma have a three-fold greater risk of school absence than children without asthma, and asthma is the third leading cause of hospitalization among children under the age of 15...

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