Not quitting despite bad asthma

As a child, Venerable Shi You Guang was not particularly drawn to any religion.
His late great-grandmother, who lived with the family from time to time, was a Buddhist and he recalled her holding chanting beads and doing Buddhist chants in Teochew near the window in the morning.....

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Heart disease drug shows asthma treatment promise

Pravastatin, a drug known to prevent or stall the progress of heart disease may also be able to alleviate symptoms of asthma according to promising results in lab trials.
The drug is known to regulate cholesterol production in the body, but new research shows that it may also modulate immune responses for a number of diseases.....

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Cayce Swenson: Secondhand smoke painful for people with asthma

Dear Editor: May is Asthma Awareness Month. As someone who has a sister with asthma, I’m doing my part to raise awareness about a major trigger for asthma attacks: secondhand smoke.
One way I’m spreading the truth about secondhand smoke and other harmful tobacco effects is through FACT, Wisconsin’s youth tobacco prevention movement.....

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