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 ...

For 73-year-old Betzable Alday, breathing used to be painful. Severe asthma attacks sent her to the emergency room regularly. "Those crises have been so frequent, and I have been taking medication for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Twenty-five million Americans suffer from Asthma. A new treatment called Bronchial Thermoplasty has been approved by the FDA to help with the problem. The non-drug procedure has been shown to improve ...

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.

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 ...