Tips on How to Reduce Asthma Attacks

Asthma is a condition wherein your airways become obstructed thus preventing you from breathing easily. This can be triggered by a number ...

1970-2000: Does rescue medicine make asthma worse?

The 1970s saw a third spike in asthma related deaths, and this time the location was isolated to New Zealand.  This prompted researchers to ...

1985: My Journey To To The Asthma Hospital

January 9, 1985 On January 8, 1985, I boarded a plane in snowy Grand Rapids, Michigan, with my mom, and three hours later we arrived in an e...

1979: Tedral Related Depression?

I wrote about my experience with Tedral and Tedral Side Effects . I have come up with another side effect that I think might have been rela...

1968-2010: Mast Cell Stabilizers for asthma

Intal Spinhaler used by asthmatics in the 1970s, 80s and 90s In the early 1980s, my doctor introduced me to the Intal Spinhaler that crushed...

Brief COPD History

Did you know that for most of history, nearly every lung disease, including COPD, was lumped under the umbrella term asthma? It’s true. In f...

1968: Concerns about rescue inhalers lead to improved improved safety regulations

Prior to 1968, rescue inhalers were available over the counter (OTC) in Britain. Yet it was about this time that it was realized that the ri...