Healthbeat: radical treatment for asthma melts off tissue to alter spasm-prone airways
Bronchial thermoplasty isnt for everyone, just a subset who wheeze despite todays best medications. Its neither a cure nor without risk.
But the Alair system, rolling out this month, offers the first method of physically altering spasm-prone airways.
It does seem to improve your ability to live with your asthma, says Dr. Michael Silver [...]
Experts Differ On Health Risk Of Volcanic Ash
WHO spokesman Daniel Epstein said the microscopic ash is potentially dangerous for people when it starts to reach the Earth because inhaled particles can enter the lungs and cause respiratory problems.
“Were very concerned about it,” Epstein said. “These particles when inhaled can reach the peripheral regions of … the lungs and can cause problems – [...]
Northwest Chapter and American Lung Association, Nonprofits Fighting
Two nonprofit organizations are in a dispute, the American Lung Association and Northwest Chapter. The regional affiliate replied Monday that it cant be dissolved pending the outcome of legal claims in King County Superior Court, and that the ugly spat wasnt doing either side any favors.
“This is the kind of a dispute between two charitable [...]