San Fernando Valley residents lack access to affordable mental health services and find themselves struggling to manage chronic diseases such as diabetes and asthma, according to a "snapshot" released Thursday of the region's health care needs.

Sales of ice cream in local stores this weekend will help area kids fight asthma. Cones for Kids is a new four-day program of The Lung Association. Taking part are Sweet Escape in Belleville, Dairy Queen in Trenton, Ivanhoe Cheese in Madoc and County Café and Wine Bar in Bloomfield.[...]

BEIRUT: Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese adults suffering from a smoking-related lung disease known as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are being wrongly treated with asthma medications, a leading respiratory specialist warned on Thursday. COPD, which causes wheezing, on-going cough and shortness of breath, is normally

Nonsmokers disabled by severe asthma might get between $800000 and $1 million. About 25 percent of the money would go to pay legal fees. ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that in 2008, an estimated 16.4 million people in the US had developed asthma.

At least 40 percent of patients are 40 or older when they have their first asthma attack, says Dr. Raymond Slavin, an allergist at St. Louis University. ...

Because the symptoms of COPD are similar to those seen in asthma, the disease is often mismanaged and many patients are prescribed asthma drugs, ...

Nonsmokers disabled by severe asthma might get between $800000 and $1 million. About 25 percent of the money would go to pay legal fees. ...

In spite of the common belief that asthma is a young person's disease, at least 40 percent are 40 or older at the time of their first asthma attack. ...

Pollution can cause the symptoms of asthma to worsen, and several studies have linked it to heart disease, but researchers have little idea why it could ...

Clinical Implications of Basic Research from The New England Journal of Medicine — Virus Infection, Asthma, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Asthma as a Risk Factor for Invasive Pneumococcal Disease.

Symbicort is an effective asthma medication, but expensive. Here's information on how to save money on asthma inhalers.

“Pollution certainly affects asthma patients, but even 'environmentally friendly' developed countries have a high number of asthma sufferers.” says Dr. Zhao. “Asthma is not strictly an environmental disease. Moving somewhere with better ...

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