University of Utah Health is now offering a bronchial thermoplasty (BT) procedure, which can greatly reduce the frequency and severity of asthma attacks. Patients who experience severe asthma have ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bronchial thermoplasty uses thermal energy to reduce bronchial hyperreactivity and airway inflammation. The ...

Sunnyvale, CA, February 11, 2008 – Asthmatx, Inc., a medical device company that has developed a catheter-based procedure under investigation for the treatment of asthma, announced today the ...

A single bronchial thermoplasty procedure in which a hyperpolarized gas MRI is used to prioritize six airways in the lungs of patients with uncontrolled asthma is more effective than three ...

San Francisco, CA, May 23, 2007 -- Asthmatx, Inc., a medical device company that has developed a catheter-based procedure for the treatment of asthma, announced today that positive results from the ...

On bad days, even a short walk can be a struggle for Sankaran Lakshmi. The software programmer and mother of three, has suffered from severe asthma for more than 20 years. "I can't get up from the bed ...

Inhalers, pills or injections help most people control their asthma, but some with severe disease opt for cutting-edge surgery that "remodels" their airways to improve their breathing. Bronchial ...

LANSDALE, Pa. (WPVI) -- For most people with asthma, medication helps keep things under control. But when those fail, a treatment using heat to open airways may bring long-term relief. A Lansdale, Pa.

Overlake Medical Center in Bellevue is now the only hospital in King County offering bronchial thermoplasty to patients suffering from severe asthma. June 25, 2013 4:23 pm Overlake Medical Center in ...

BILLINGS — By the time Deborah Marvin was 40 she had quit smoking, started exercising and looked to take on the world. But the more active she got, the more trouble she had breathing, an ailment she ...

Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is a bronchoscopic procedure in which radiofrequency energy is delivered to several sites in the major airways in order to reduce airway smooth muscle mass and ...