No significant difference in asthma control across three approaches to adjust medication dose in mild asthma

A study comparing three common approaches to periodically adjust the dosage of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) for people with mild asthma has found no detectable differences in how often a person's asthma worsened. The methods examined in this study were a patient-guided modification based on symptoms, an assessment made by an examining physician, or the results of a breath test to measure inflammation.....

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Researcher decries asthma rates near Peace Bridge

A local medical researcher Wednesday said already alarming rates of asthma and other respiratory diseases among residents of Buffalo's densely populated West Side would be made worse by increased truck traffic resulting from an expansion of the toll plaza near the Peace Bridge.....

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Sport key to controlling asthma

Chronic asthma is a motivator not a barrier to competing in the Ironman New Zealand, Alistair Harsant says.
The Glenfield father of one plans to swim 3.8 kilometres, bike 180km and run 42km in Taupo next March in his quest to raise $10,000 for the Asthma Foundation.....

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