Asthma
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With the help of this program, viewers travel to Quebec City, Canada, for the 21st World Congress of Asthma, organized by the Interasma Global Asthma Association. Key participants include Dr. Lawrence DuBuske of George Washington University Hospital; Dr. Michael Foggs of Chicago's Advocate Christ Medical Center; Dr. Gailen Marshall of the University of Mississippi Medical Center; Dr. Giorgio Walter Canonica of the University of Genoa, Italy; and the president of the congress, Dr. Louis-Philippe Boulet of Laval University, Canada. Several congress attendees introduce papers and new findings. Their topics include epidemiology, the genetics of asthma, environmental factors, mechanisms of inflammation, pathophysiology, asthma care and control, asthma in children, asthma in elderly, gender differences, asthma exacerbations, and new treatments. An asthma patient also addresses the group, offering an insightful case study involving work, exercise, and everyday life.
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25 min
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Date of Publication
[2013], c2012
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