Inner City Asthma Study shows effectiveness of comprehensive environmental controls including air purifiers to control asthma. In the last week a number of articles have appeared in newspapers, magazines and TV with the headline: “Air Cleaners: Even the most effective Could be a Questionable Investment.” These articles are based on the Consumer Reports study of … More
Archives for September 2005
Removing Pets from the Home Improves Asthma
Removing pets very effective at controlling asthma in dander allergic individuals. A very common indoor allergen is animal dander. Many allergic individuals test positively to animal dander (a higher percentage to cats than dogs). A common recommendation from Allergists is to remove the pets from the home of the allergic individual. Unfortunately, this is not … More