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Asthma Treatment: Some Alternative Options

2010-11-02T21:37:28Z

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Treat your asthma with herbs and foods

2010-11-02T22:04:02Z

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RamkKasturi's-Asthma An Alternate Ancient Medicine Still Promises Relief

2010-11-02T21:26:45Z

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Understanding Asthma

2010-10-14T13:52:10Z

Asthma is a condition that affects the airways of your lungs, i.e. the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs. In asthma, the muscles around the airways tighten and become narrow. This makes it difficult to breathe. There is also an inflammation (a swelling), in the lining of your airways, and sometimes, a sticky mucus or phlegm builds up that blocks the airways, making breathing difficult. Often, there is a wheezing sound. In asthma your airways are thus very sensitive and react to ma...

Inhalers may raise risk of asthma in some children

2010-04-16T09:58:08Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Common asthma reliever drugs taken by millions of children around the world may increase the risk of asthma attacks in some patients with a particular genetic make-up, British scientists said on Tuesday.

The researchers found that salbutamol, a popular blue inhaler medicine also known as Ventolin, as well as salmeterol, an ingredient in Khushwant Singh, 96, drinks tea sitting next to a fireplace in his house in New Delhi. The famously grumpy writer, known for everything from beautifully wrought novels to fart jokes, has been a giant of India's literary world for more than sixty years. The lawyer-turned-diplomat-turned-writer insist...

India Taste of Tea

2010-12-31T08:00:22Z

An Indian laborer plucks tea leaves at a tea garden in Amchong tea estate, about 45 kilometers (28 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. Tea growers in northeastern India say climate change has hurt the country's tea crop, leading not just to a drop in production but also subtly altering the flavor of their brew. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India New Year

2010-12-31T05:01:03Z

An Indian Sadhu, or Hindu holy man, adds the sunrise to figures of the new year on his forehead on the banks of the river Ganges in Allahabad, India, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Alcatel Settlement

2010-12-28T07:31:44Z

FILE - In this June 18, 2010 file photo, Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen talks at a media briefing in New Delhi, India. Alcatel-Lucent SA has agreed to pay more than $137 million to settle charges brought against it by the Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010. India's Home Ministry has issued a countrywide alert after receiving information of a potential terror strike by a Pakistan-based militant group, an official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)