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  • Steroids in Young Children–too Much of a Good Thing?

     Intermittent budesonide therapy for children with recurrent wheezing  Here’s the issue:  my doctor prescribes budesonide (or Pulmicort™) for my child’s asthma and tells me to use it EVERYDAY.  Is this really necessary?  Conventional wisdom says to use inhaled steroids or anti-inflammatory medications for asthma everyday or they don’t work well.  That attitude may now be…

  • Genetic Research in Asthma

    Researchers look to genetics to understand African American-asthma link Genetic map of 1,000 African Americans mapped for asthma research  By Meredith Cohn7:00 a.m. EST, December 29, 2011  For the full link, click here. Researchers working to discover why African-Americans disproportionately suffer from asthma are planning to map the genetic code of 1,000 people of African…