Dealing with Asthma Attacks: What You Need to Know

With over 24 million asthma sufferers in America, the chances of you knowing someone with asthma, or having it yourself, are strong. A potentially serious condition, asthma can be life threatening if it’s not treated effectively. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America estimates that around two million emergency room visits each year are caused by asthma attacks.....

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Cell Therapy Seen as Potential Food Allergy, Asthma Cure

A research team says they have made a therapeutic discovery that holds the promise to cure food allergies and asthma – and all with using a patient’s own cells.
The group, led by John Gordon from the University of Saskatchewan, published a paper in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology on October 26, showing that, in mice, they were able to reduce the anaphylactic response peanut and egg proteins by up to 90 per cent.....

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AHN hospitals offer procedure to reduce severe asthma symptoms

Allegheny General Hospital is offering an innovative technique to help control severe asthma in patients whose symptoms have not responded to medications.
Doctors at the hospital and at Saint Vincent Hospital, both part of Allegheny Health Network, are offering bronchial thermoplasty, a procedure where excess smooth muscle is removed from the lungs' airways to reduce severe asthma attacks.....

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