Telephone coaches improve children's asthma treatment

Managing childhood asthma is difficult. Rather than giving daily medications—even when children feel well—many parents treat asthma only when symptoms become severe. This practice can lead to missed school days, trips to the ER and hospitalizations.....

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Imaging Method Could Improve Asthma Treatment

A team of researchers, led by the Universities of Cambridge and Birmingham, have used a laser beam trap to examine how drug particles from asthma inhalers behave as they are projected through the air. Their findings could improve the effectiveness of inhalers for the over five million people in the UK suffering from asthma.....

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Task Force Helping Kids With Asthma Breathe More Easily

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A new effort is underway to help children with asthma breathe more easily.
The Pediatric Asthma Task Force is comprised of local pediatricians, office nurses, school nurses, respiratory therapists and other health professionals. It is studying how to improve care of asthma patients and keep them healthier overall to improve their quality of life.....

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