New Technology Helps Asthma Patients

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Written by Basil on 03/29/2007 8:12 AM. Filed under:

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A new, non-pharmaceutical treatment may help severe asthmatics, as reported in the New England Journal of Medicine. Forbes reports:

One year later, air flow was much better in patients receiving thermoplasty — 39 liters per minute compared to 8.5 liters per minute for those getting standard treatment.

The thermoplasty group also reported an average of 40 symptom-free days, compared to 17 for the others, with fewer asthma symptoms and less medication used.

“Now a second trial, which uses information from this one, moves forward,” Miller said. “It is similar to the first trial except that it will use a sham procedure in the control arm.”

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