New Yorkers with severe asthma have tried it all: inhalers, steroids, nebulizers. Now a Manhattan hospital is offering a rare surgery in which the lungs are “cooked” to weaken the muscles that cause ...

DENVER (CBS4) - A new procedure offers promise for adults with severe asthma. It's the first non-drug treatment to help sufferers breathe easier. The treatment, bronchial thermoplasty, can be found at ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich (WOOD) – Asthma is a condition in which your airways narrow and swell and produce extra mucus. This can make breathing difficult and trigger coughing, wheezing and shortness of ...

Routine bronchoscopy may clarify the treatment pathways for patients suffering from severe uncontrolled asthma (SUA) who are being considered for biologic therapy indicated for a T2 inflammation ...

A Dallas hospital is offering an innovative procedure that can change the daily life of people with asthma. Bronchial thermoplasty involves using radio frequency heat that is applied to the smooth ...

ASTHMA treatment: A new “life-changing” procedure is to be offered on the NHS bringing hope to thousands of patients in the UK who suffer severely from the condition. The asthma treatment, known as ...

The Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) has investigated the reliability of diagnosing bronchial asthma in children aged between 2 and 5 years, and the benefit that the test ...

Leominster’s HealthAlliance Hospital is one of the first hospitals in the country to offer a recently government-approved procedure for patients with severe asthma. HealthAlliance, which is a division ...

May 25, 2006 — -- Many people with asthma live with the fear that the next breath they take might be their last. To keep their airways open, many have to inhale large doses of steroids twice a ...

A new 'life-changing' procedure for patients with severe asthma was approved yesterday for routine use on the NHS, offering hope to thousands. Watchdog NICE gave the green light for bronchial ...

A new drug-free treatment for asthma has been shown to be effective in an international study of patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma. The results showed statistically significant improvements in ...

The asthma treatment, known as bronchial thermoplasty, is administered under sedation or general anaesthetic, with short pulses of radio frequency energy applied to the airway wall. The novel ...