Vitamin Insufficiency or Expensive Urine
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You want the best health and well-being for yourself and loved ones, but vitamins and supplements, are no panacea. Furthermore, know that the law does not require proof they work.
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Asthma Control
This article is posted in:In poorly controlled asthmatic children, what works best? Ans: Long-acting beta agonists (the ones with the warning*) are more effective than either monteleukast (Singulair) or doubled dosing inhaled corticosteroids.
Singulair v. Steroids
This article is posted in:Observation: children with mild to moderate acute asthma had been stabilized in the ER; upon discharge they received montelukast (Singulair] or oral prednisolone; those receiving the latter, the oral corticosteroids after discharge did better. Study Abstract Objective To examine whether outpatient post-stabilization therapy with montelukast produces more treatment failures than prednisolone.
Out-of-Pocket Costs, a Barrier To Care, e.g., Asthma, Elderly Women
This article is posted in:Be careful! 'What you sow, is what you reap.' Health plans primary responsibility is the patients they insure, but they have policies that "restrain prescription medication spending by shifting costs toward patients. It is unknown how these policies have affected children with chronic illness." Here's research that proves that cost control may not be about managed care--it can adversely affect one's health.
