There may be good news for people who eat soy foods. According to a new Japanese study soy may be beneficial for lung health. Soy foods such as tofu, tempeh, and miso are popular in Oriental countries such as Japan, but have been slower to gain acceptance in this country where the primary protein foods ...
Less than 48 hours after my husband flew home from a winter wedding in another state, he developed serious respiratory symptoms. After a diagnosis of pneumonia, he missed two weeks of work. Initially, we weren’t particularly worried about the exact type. However, when doctors discovered that I took immunosuppressive drugs and wasn’t permitted to have ...
Turnips can be grown in most climates. They can be planted in spring and then again in the fall for a second crop. You can plant turnips in a beds or rows. Turnips are often grown for their leafy tops which can be used in soups, stews, salads or boiled with cooked pork, beef or ...
Have you put on weight recently? Was it around the time you started a steroid based asthma inhaler? Your medicine may be the culprit. I developed adult-onset asthma at nineteen, and was put on Vanceril (which is now off the market), an asthma inhaler designed to prevent asthma attacks from happening in the first place. ...
You may be surprised at this list of famous people with asthma. Some of the people who are listed here have achieved greatness in areas of physical ability. Sports participation is not something that you would expect an asthma sufferer to be able to do. The American Lung Association defines asthma as a reversible obstructive ...
Your lungs are precious organs, because without them you would be unable to breathe air that supplies your blood with oxygen. Just the act of breathing is a complex process. The lungs look like hundreds of delicate tree branches reaching out in all directions. When we breathe air, our lungs work hard to pull in ...
Preventive maintenance is an important part of living well with cystic fibrosis. Over the last two decades, research has opened the doors to many new medications and therapies for the treatment of CF. As a result, the number of adults with severe lung disease is decreases. In fact, the number of patients with severe lung ...
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