Famous Quotes & Sayings

Cathy Freeman

Asthma is treatable and well can be controlled.

We still struggle with it. I still feel like I'm new (at asthma management), ... You never know what's around the corner. I still haven't gotten the hang of it.

Angela Davis

She has built up a lot of muscle, and she has asthma so it's good for her breathing-wise, ... She's also developing friendships with older role models.

Most patients don't follow daily treatment regimens no matter how good their doctor is. That disconnect is huge, and it's a large factor in how well we control asthma in kids and adults.

There are a lot of asthma pills out there, but this may be the best one yet. It has a benign side-effect profile and high efficiency.

Jerome Bettis

So many kids have asthma and think they can't do it.

Kevin McCloud

I don't know whether other asthma sufferers find this, but I've noticed that even when I've got my asthma under control, I often develop another problem such as an ear, chest or sinus infection and sometimes even joint pains.

Paul Hawken

Hindered by asthma since I was six weeks old, I had begun experimenting with my diet and discovered a disquieting correlation. When I stopped eating the normal American diet of sugar, fats, alcohol, chemicals, and additives, I felt better. I could breathe freely. When I tried to sneak in a hamburger and a Coke, my body rebelled.

Charles Nelson Reilly

If you ever get injured or have an asthma attack, the last words you get out are, 'Sammy Davis suite, please.' That's, like, three rooms on the eighth floor of Cedars-Sinai.

Right now, I get asthmatic bronchitis, which is a breathing problem from the smoke, and the smoke has been covering the whole valley.

People with asthma or allergies will be at particular risk of breathing in substances that are a threat to their health.

One of the key factors contributing to this country's rising asthma epidemic is that patients are not equipped to recognize and manage their triggers and symptoms. As a result, patients don't effectively communicate with their doctors and end up comprising basic daily activities.

Hugh Leonard

I was taken completely by surprise. My wife died within a few minutes from an asthma attack. I was utterly destroyed. I was mad, crazy, I was howling.

Basically she was exhausted and had these nagging coughing problems. She belongs to this group of competitive athletes with asthma and in the oval over the last few weeks it just got a bit worse.

Just the guilt of the unborn babies is enough. Also, I have asthma and if I get sick, it becomes double pneumonia. The doctor warned me it's getting serious either sell the cafe or die early. It's so serious (cigarette smoke) that my help wasn't going to work here anymore.

Thomas Keneally

So I remember both medicine, because I frequently sick, particularly with asthma for which there was no proper treatment then, and in religion I had a strong sense of there being a patriarchy.

He's been clear of asthma for four years now. His pulmonary function tests are clear.

He's been clear of asthma for four years now, ... His pulmonary function tests are clear.

We believe that this research will lead us to develop a new ways of preventing and treating asthma and anaphylaxis, which can then be extended to treat inflammatory bowel disease and arthritis,

Sheldon Whitehouse

When we breathe it in, soot can interfere with our lungs and increase the risk of asthma attacks, lung cancer and even premature death. The smallest particles can pass into the blood stream and cause heart disease, stroke and reproductive complications.

There have been similar findings with regard to diabetes care. When Pitney Bowes lowered costs for diabetes and asthma medications, they found that overall costs went down and compliance went up.

Parents and teachers play a critical role in caring for children with asthma. Our goal is to provide resources to ensure that everybody in a child's life has the information they need to manage their asthma on a daily basis.

Our young people who have asthma will not be exposed to the same sorts of toxic substances in our schools,

My son has asthma and I do as well.

I was willing to have about three asthma attacks. I told them at the beginning of the game, if you don't want to step up, I'll stay out there the whole time. I'll do whatever it takes to win. I will stay out there until I faint.

You have to decide whether or not they're going to be able to do it, to keep up with the treatment. I had a patient who had three asthma medications. She had a $5 co-pay, but for her, $15 was cost-prohibitive, and she wasn't filling any of her medications.

We hope these results will convince more physicians and parents as well, that treating children with mild to moderate asthma with inhaled corticosteroids will result in better asthma control and improved quality of life.

We didn't know what it was at first, ... We thought it was asthma because after I ran for extensive periods of time I would pass out, but before that I would go into shock because I didn't know what was happening and I would start breathing heavily and hyperventilating.

Anti-inflammatory medication such as an inhaled steroid should keep kids with asthma from having attacks triggered by exercise. If asthma is under good control, exercise-related attacks should rarely occur.

John Dickinson

As a result, we have recommended to all elite athletes and teams that it is best to screen athletes for exercise-induced asthma rather than rely on athletes reporting symptoms to their doctor.

William Bligh

On Thursday the 9th we had the misfortune to lose one of our seamen, James Valentine, who died in the night of an asthmatic complaint.

Sometimes I wish I could go back through time to meet Proust, just so I could give him my asthma inhaler. The poor guy.

Asthma patients are the real winners of the third round.