Asthma treatment

441. Herbert River Express (Australia) – October 17, 2000 Fact cards make breathing easier This month pharmacies are focussing on asthma. During October, the nearly 1500 pharmacies around Australia with the Self Care information cards are providing information, not only on what asthma is and what the likely causes are, but also, even more importantly, on how to keep the condition under control. Asthma occurs at all ages; however, most people with asthma first experience symptoms in early childhood. In fact, 25 per cent of children under the age of five have asthma. It is the most ….. (MI) – June 13, 2000 DRIP, WHEEZE AND SNEEZE DOCTORS’ RENEWED INTEREST IN TREATING ALLERGIES OFFERS NEW HOPE TO SUFFERERS Sneezy, sleepy, dopey, grumpy? Better think about visiting Doc. Although hay fever has long been thought to be little more than a pain in the nose, health experts are now recommending that many allergy sufferers seek a physician’s care — and they’re encouraging family physicians to be more vigilant about diagnosing the condition. For decades, allergic disease has suffered from what many medical officials are calling a lack of respect, as patients — ….. Washington Post – June 6, 2000 Ask Your Doctor About …. Which of the Many Advertised Allergy Drugs Are Right for You? It’s hard not to have heard of Claritin, the world’s top-selling allergy drug and, with sales last year of more than $1. 5 billion, the eighth best-selling drug in the United States. After all, the maker of the non-sedating antihistamine, Schering-Plough, spent almost $140 million last year on television, radio, newspaper, magazine and billboard advertising, according to John F. Fezzuoglio, a marketing research analyst with the drug consulting firm Scott-Levin. In ….. (PA) – May 9, 2000 NO HEADLINE Carpal tunnel link? Women with large breasts are more likely to suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome than their smaller-breasted counterparts, according to a study headed by a Tuscaloosa, Ala. , plastic surgeon. But the symptoms of carpal tunnel — a malady that causes tingling in the hand and wrist pain often associated with heavy use of computer keyboards or other repetitious motions — cleared up after breast reduction surgery. Certain physical problems are more common among ….. El Norte (Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico) – 8 de mayo del 2000 Cita con el Doctor/ El asma: ¿Cómo controlarlo? El asma es una enfermedad crónica que hoy afecta al 2. 5 por ciento de la población aunque se espera que el número se cuadruplique durante los próximos años. Es la causa número uno de ausentismo escolar y laboral, y cada año se gastan hasta seis mil millones de dólares para tratar a los pacientes afectados por ella. Sin embargo, aún existe desconocimiento sobre este mal y por eso se decidió que el 3 de mayo, como el Día Mundial del Asma, sirviera como detonador para difundir …. 446. Washington Post – May 2, 2000 INTAKE Mouth Clicks Trying to eat responsibly and willing to spend time at your computer in order to do it? The Department of Agriculture has a new Web site for you. At the Interactive Healthy Eating Index on www. usda. gov/cnpp, you fill out a form detailing all the food you’ve consumed over the past 24 hours. (Presumably this includes the things you ate standing in front of the refrigerator at night when no one was looking. ) The site will quickly calculate how your reported ….. Family Life – May 1, 2000 Breathe Easy: Controlling Asthma and Allergies One night last fall, 9-year-old Marissa Lynn of Bow, NH, went to bed with a cold and awoke at 3 a. m. struggling for breath. Her parents gave her a dose of medicine from an inhaler that delivers medication in a mist to open up air passages. They had used the inhaler months before when Marissa had been diagnosed with an upper-respiratory infection. Only two hours later, Marissa needed the medicine again. By seven that morning, when her complaints still hadn’t eased, her parents took ….. (NY) – April 27, 2000 ALLERGY SEASON COMING ACHOO! Mild winter brings early return of tree pollen misery The season for sneezin’ has arrived early – and with a vengeance. A warm winter caused the pollinating to begin earlier than usual. The early pollen spurts, in turn, jump-started the nasty cycle of sensitization and misery for sufferers. Now that the weather is warming up, pollen counts have been “off the wall, ” said Dr. Leonard Bielory of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. “It’s 1, 100 for trees, extremely ….. (CT) – April 20, 2000 Allergies are nothing to sneeze at; If season makes you miserable, it may be time to see a doctor Sneezy, sleepy, dopey, grumpy? Better think about visiting Doc. Although hay fever has long been thought to be little more than a pain in the nose, health experts are now recommending that many allergy sufferers seek a physician’s care – and they’re encouraging family physicians to be more vigilant about diagnosing the condition. Allergic disease has suffered for decades from what many medical officials are calling a lack of respect, with patients – and ….. (GA) – April 18, 2000 NOTHING TO S N E E Z E AT Sneezy, sleepy, dopey, grumpy? Better think about visiting Doc. Although hay fever has long been thought to be little more than a pain in the nose, health experts are now recommending that many allergy sufferers seek a physician’s care — and they’re encouraging family physicians to be more vigilant about diagnosing the condition. Allergic disease has suffered for decades from what many medical officials are calling a lack of respect, with patients — and ….