http://www.disabled-world.com/ Disability Community News and Information Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:41:52 PST en-us http://www.disabled-world.com/health/respiratory/asthma/breathing-technique.php Asthma As the health care reform debate turns to cutting costs and improving treatment outcomes, two professors at Southern Methodist University in Dallas are expanding a study that shows promise for reducing both the expense and suffering associated with chronic asthma. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:06:53 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/respiratory/asthma/breathing-technique.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/respiratory/asthma/asthma-rates.php Asthma Neighborhoods with restaurants, entertainment, cultural facilities and ethnic diversity have lower asthma rates in the city of Chicago than neighborhoods where residents are less likely to move, and where there are more churches and not-for-profit facilities. Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:37:40 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/respiratory/asthma/asthma-rates.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/respiratory/asthma/vitamin-d-asthma.php Asthma New research provides evidence for a link between vitamin D insufficiency and asthma severity. Serum levels of vitamin D in more than 600 Costa Rican children were inversely linked to several indicators of allergy and asthma severity, including hospitalizations for asthma, use of inhaled steroids and total IgE levels. Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:02:30 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/respiratory/asthma/vitamin-d-asthma.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/respiratory/asthma/natural-asthma-management.php Asthma Asthma is a type of airway obstruction characterized by a narrowing of the air passages in the lungs and is caused by muscle spasm and mucus secretion. It is important to differentiate between reversible and irreversible forms of respiratory problems - between reactive airways disease and asthma. Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:33:53 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/respiratory/asthma/natural-asthma-management.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/respiratory/asthma/causes-asthma.php Asthma Asthma is a disorder that affects the airways or the bronchial tubes in your lungs. The name itself hails from the Greek "to breathe hard". And indeed, for people who have asthma, they know how difficult they have to breathe just to get enough air into them. Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:27:26 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/respiratory/asthma/causes-asthma.php