Children with asthma marginalized in movies, researcher says

A Rutgers–Camden professor says that children with asthma are the real-life superheroes, facing down breathlessness and operating life-saving devices whenever and wherever asthma attacks strike...

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Rutgers-Camden Researcher Says the Real Summer Superheroes are Kids with Asthma

CAMDEN – This summer, superheroes like Spider-Man, Batman, and even Snow White will showcase their staggering strengths on the big screen...

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Doctors Turn Up the Heat to Treat Severe Asthma, Help Patients Breathe Easier

Newswise — ORLANDO, Fla. (June 12, 2012) — Doctors at Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) are delivering heat directly to the source to treat patients with severe asthma - a respiratory disease that causes the airways in the lungs to narrow, making it difficult to breathe. Bronchial thermoplasty, an innovative technique that uses radiofrequency, helps patients breathe easier by lessening the severity of asthma attacks and preventing future attacks. ORMC is the first hospital in Central Florida, and currently the only, offering the option for the more than one million across the country struggling with the chronic condition characterized by persistent shortness of breath, emergency room visits, hospitalizations and asthma-related deaths...

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