Asthma is an inflammatory condition where your bronchiales constrict causing breathing difficulties. Your bronchioles become inflamed for a variety of physical, emotional and environmental reasons. It is not contagious so, you cannot catch it from an...
In his book, Essential Allergy, Niels Mygind defines asthma as, "A lung disease characterised by: 1, variable and reversible airway obstruction; 2, airway inflammation; and 3, bronchial hyper-responsiveness." Asthma is a disease where bronchial tubes...
Asthma is a chronic lung condition that is characterized by difficulty in breathing, wheezing, and mucus accumulation. People with asthma have extra sensitive or hyper-responsive airways. During an asthma attack, the airways become irritated and reac...
As a dietitian, the three most common questions which smokers ask me about diet and smoking, are: (1) Can a diet compensate for health damage caused by smoking? (2) What should I eat if I smoke? (3) If I quit, what type of diet is best to prevent wei...
It is important for people of all ages to take care of their skin. In the hectic modern lives we live, it is often too easy to neglect one's health and wellbeing. The state of your skin says a lot about the state of your overall health, and with that...
With all the skin care products on the market today, it can be difficult to determine which one is right for your skin. As consumers tend to be increasingly interested in the ingredients of the products they are using, it is only natural for companie...
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