Bronchial thermoplasty cleared by FDA but not covered by health insurance. Sept. 5, 2012— -- For Jenny McLeland, 33, of St. Louis, severe asthma restricted not only her breathing but her daily ...

If you've ever tried to drink something through one of those little red coffee stirrers instead of a full-sized straw, you know what it's like to breathe with asthma. Twenty-five million Americans ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bronchial thermoplasty uses thermal energy to reduce bronchial hyperreactivity and airway inflammation. The ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Back to Healio Patients with severe asthma experienced ...

San Francisco, CA, May 23, 2007 -- Asthmatx, Inc., a medical device company that has developed a catheter-based procedure for the treatment of asthma, announced today that positive results from the ...

How is severe asthma defined and who does it affect? Internationally, severe asthma is defined as anybody who is on maximum therapy, which has no measurable side effects, but still have symptoms of ...

A new study shows that patients treated with bronchial thermoplasty, the first non-drug treatment for asthma, demonstrated an overall improvement in asthma control. McMaster physicians have proven ...

On bad days, even a short walk can be a struggle for Sankaran Lakshmi. The software programmer and mother of three, has suffered from severe asthma for more than 20 years. "I can't get up from the bed ...

For 73-year-old Betzable Alday, breathing used to be painful. Severe asthma attacks sent her to the emergency room regularly. "Those crises have been so frequent, and I have been taking medication for ...

Mechanicsburg resident Tim Elder had to give up recreational basketball and resort to using a golf cart rather than walking the green because of his worsening asthma condition. The 56-year-old owner ...

We'll stay above the diaphragm with another condition affecting maybe up to one in five Australians - asthma. The mainstays of asthma treatment are medications. But a non-drug treatment being ...