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| conjestion and mucus after drinking plain water | 26 Nov 2006 05:16 GMT | 5 |
I've figured out that, in my case, drinking plain water triggers excessive mucus accumulation and leads to chest conjestion. The phlegm appears within seconds after the first sip of water. Sorry, I understand that I've been asking too many questions here
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| Oxygen Concentrator good for Asthma? | 26 Nov 2006 03:22 GMT | 3 |
Does anyone know if oxygen is good for asthma? Can it be harmful? I saw a few concentrators on ebay and was wondering if it ws worth buying a new or used one. Is oxygen expensive? Thanks
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| NY Times article about Hidden Food connection | 26 Nov 2006 02:33 GMT | 43 |
There was an article written in the New York Times about the Hidden Food connection to many health problems. It was written by Jane Brody, and it was written on April 29, 1990. Anybody who did not believe that food can trigger all sorts of health problems should read this article.
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| Coughing blood, fatigue, and chest pain on the left side. Does anyone know what disease this could be? | 25 Nov 2006 19:19 GMT | 5 |
I am wondering if anyone has ever experienced this or knows what symptoms this could represent, coughing for several years, but recently has started to cough blood, there is also a pain on the left side of the chest, and fatigue, difficulty breathing as if ran a marathon, waiting ...
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| Macrolide antibiotics and asthma. From a review article. | 25 Nov 2006 08:02 GMT | 3 |
See http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/content/full/123/1/261?ck=nck "It is well established that macrolide antibiotics are efficacious in treating sinopulmonary infections in humans. However, a growing body of experimental and clinical evidence indicates that they also express
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| adult onset asthma: what went wrong | 21 Nov 2006 00:31 GMT | 17 |
I am still trying to figure out what exactly went wrong when I developed my asthma last year. My docs could not figure it out so far. The symptoms are consistent with all scenarios I know of, but I get no relief from treatments that seem to help most people. I still belive
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| how reliable are peak flow meters? | 15 Nov 2006 18:24 GMT | 18 |
I use a plastic peak flow meter graded from zero to 850 and find that the peak flow is constant no matter how bad/good my asthma is. I try 3 times as strong as I can and take the highest number. How big of a change can this thing detect reliably. E.g. I can imgine that I can
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| A brief lesson in pharmacology | 12 Nov 2006 07:42 GMT | 3 |
In pharmacology, all drugs have two names - a trade name and a generic name. For example, the trade name of Tylenol is acetaminophen. Aleve is known anaproxen, Amoxil is amoxicillin, and Advil is ibuprofen. The FDA has been looking for a generic name for Viagra. After consideration ...
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| Spiriva instead of Advair | 09 Nov 2006 14:09 GMT | 3 |
I developed exercised induced asthma about 4 ears ago at age of 58. I used quick acting inhalers and Advair 2x/day plus Singular to control it. Now as my asthma got better, I only use Advair 100/50 once a day and even when I skip day or two, I can still do aerobic exercise and ...
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| Ethical and logical doubts about medical asthma treatment. | 09 Nov 2006 08:41 GMT | 1 |
This may be a minority view on the status medicine in general and on the need to stick to traditions.. In 1919 Dr. Greenfield Sluder of St. Louis read a paper with a theory that asthma was caused by nose conditions, see
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| CFC free inhalers WTF | 06 Nov 2006 22:07 GMT | 5 |
Yo, WTF is going on!!? Pharmacy says they only got the CFC free inhalers and that's ALL that's going to be available after a certain date! WHAT THE HELL!! Those things do NOT help my asthma, in fact they make it worse!! Where can I get a real inhaler? How can I fight this?
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| video: history of deliberate fluoride poisoning of drinking water w/industrial waste | 01 Nov 2006 15:29 GMT | 3 |
Watch online video: Dr. Stan Monteith goes over the history of fluoride, its use, its dangers and its promotion over time. Why something that is rejected by so many nations is promoted here in the USA. Learn about the Hidden Agenda
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