Tag: Asthma
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Top 10 Asthma Myths You Need to Know
Asthma still kills. Roughly 3,500 people die from asthma in the U.S. each year. This is not because it’s untreatable, but because it’s misunderstood. Bad information leads to bad decisions, which can cost you your life. Here’s what every asthma patient needs to know: 1. Asthma is just a childhood disease Not even close to…
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Why Food Allergy Rates Are Rising—and What It Means for Public Health
Food allergies are skyrocketing. Since 1997, peanut allergies in children have tripled, and food allergies overall have increased by 50%. It’s not just an individual health issue; it’s a $25 billion-a-year problem when you factor in rising emergency room visits, increased medications, lost productivity, and special dietary needs. While advancements in emergency treatment have helped…
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Breathing Easy: 5 Affordable Ways to Improve Asthma Care in 2024
When it comes to medical treatment, there are often times when technology and research have advanced far beyond what was available decades ago. Asthma treatments are no exception, yet many patients – especially children – continue to be prescribed methods of managing their illness that have been in use for more than 30 years. This…
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Allergy Sufferers Unite – The Facts Behind Your Fears
Asthma isn’t always caused by allergies, but what’s the difference?
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New medications available for eosinophilic respiratory disease
Need more help with your asthma?
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How Snowstorms May Affect Your Asthma
Don’t let cold weather ruin your fun!
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What question do patients ask even during their first visit with me?
Making the diagnosis of asthma is tough for both patient and doctor. As an asthma specialist, I can tell you that patients want to know, “doc, when can I stop my medications?” This is often the first question they ask! Ruth Holroyd takes a very candid look at natural treatments for allergic asthma and I…
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Why Don’t More Patients with Asthma Use Biologicals?
Last month, I shared several videos with you that pertained to treatment of #asthma with biologicals. I hope you listened to the lives of patients just like you who can now “do life” with their family and friends not having to fear the next asthma attack. But it’s not so easy to change our habits…
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Is This Really Corona virus?
We’ve been so caught up with the #Coronavirus pandemic, that we’ve missed two important developments in the field of allergy: The FDA has now approved the use of Palforzia for taking care of peanut allergy. Guess when this was released? January 2020, about one month prior to the outbreak of COVID-19; the affect on our…
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New medications for Asthma–are we at the end of the line?
Watch my FOX 23 interview about new asthma meds Jane (fictitious name, of course because of HIPPA regulations) is now 56 years old and just last year was diagnosed with #asthma. She thought, “no big deal, there are plenty of inhalers for me to use so I don’t wheeze”. Little did she know that 2019…
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