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Millions of people suffer from asthma and rely on medications to alleviate symptoms. Now doctors are performing a technique called bronchial thermopla...
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This is something 47 year old Margarito local and -- could never do in the -- Harassment was so severe she needed to be hospitalized every few months.
And you're falling out with your regular lined up there -- things have changed since she met doctor Arthur song.
From Beth Israel Medical Center what he performs a new technique called bronchial -- plasticky.
That improved her asthma symptoms.
It basically hard it's the house who also runs the -- It delivers heat energy view it from Costco which is -- flexible camera that -- go down.
Into the wind -- -- what it does is that there's a tough that are that can applied the appropriately calculated heat energy.
To make us move also become much -- -- -- -- -- -- And therefore when the smoke also become reduce when they get a flare bandits in them on on that's significant.
Before Margarita on the when the procedure becoming the second patient in New York to -- -- -- -- was debilitating.
She had to stop working had difficulty going up and down stairs and could only do limited activities with the grandkids.
I could -- myself we -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Doctor -- says this isn't a cure for -- But will help a patient's quality of life patients who have severe -- despite the medications offered to them are the best candidates.
-- still uses an have you -- and take several oral medications to manage her condition.
But she's hoping to cut back some day.
They stats but I'm getting act when -- see little change gradually and -- school.
And takes a couple of months to see that you know the full facts maybe you're -- that I'm starting to -- congratulate.
To find a doctor in your area log -- to BT for -- dot com.
I'm Dr.
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