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...

Asthma relief in Pakistan salt mine

2010-03-18T01:15:44Z

A centuries-old salt mine in Pakistan is offering experimental asthma therapy, attracting patients from all over the world.

Khewra, billed as the world's second largest salt mine, has for centuries extracted the crucial mineral for export and has become a tourist attraction complete with a salt mosque and an electric train.

Now, the mine is cashing in on salt therapy, already a draw in the salt mines of eastern

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 Pakistan's para military force stand guard outside a local hospital where Punjab's governor Salman Taseer's dead body was brought in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. The governor of Pakistan's powerful Punjab province was shot dead Tuesday by one of his guards in the Pakista...

APTOPIX Pakistan Violence

2011-01-04T14:32:37Z

Supporters of Pakistan People's party mourn death of Punjab's governor Salman Taseer who was shot dead by one of his guards, outside a local hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. The governor of Pakistan's powerful Punjab province was shot dead Tuesday by one of his guards in ...

Pakistan

2011-01-03T10:31:04Z

Pakistan's political leader and former Prime Minister Chaudary Shujjat Hussain, center, talks to media after meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, left, as former Chief Minister of Punjab's province U.S soldiers of 2nd Platoon Bravo Company 2-327 Infantry in a armoured vehicle at Badel Combat Out Post in Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan near Pakistan border on Monday, Jan 3, 2011.(AP Photo/Rafiq M...

APTOPIX Afghanistan

2011-01-02T02:31:18Z

An Afghan National Army soldier chops wood at Badel Combat Out Post in Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan near the border of Pakistan on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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