Appalachian trail journey

January 2002 - Now that I no longer have asthma to deal with, I decided to try hiking several hundred miles of the Appalachian Trail. Out of the hundreds of hikers who attempt hiking the Appalachian Trail each year, around 50% drop out in the first few days of their hike. To view my gear selections, and my trail guestbook, here's a link to my My 2002 Trail Journal

Hiking the Appalachian Trail without asthma

After posting my 9th (prep) journal entry with my thoughts about asthma, I received several email inquiries from a few people that had asthma or had friends or relatives with asthma. And so, the AsthmaStory.Com website was created in response to these inquiries so I could have an area to present the research I had on the subject in a more organized manner.

My Appalachian trail name is HotFoot.

Appalachian Trail Plan for 2005. I didn't get to backpack much in 2004, so for 2005 I've decided to see if I can do another section of the AT with my older son. The 2005 journal entries are posted here.

Now that it's 2010, I realize I'm woefully out of shape to hike but I still hope to get back in shape and do another section someday. Maybe when I retire.

Appalachian Trail, Great Smoky National Park at Newfound Gap
(the first time my wife and I walked on the Appalachian Trail)

Upcoming Book

"A Cure for Asthma? What Your Doctor Isn't Telling You - and Why"

is a book currently being written by Dr. David Hahn.

We will announce and post appropriate links when more information and publishing dates become available.

News

(July 2010) Wilmore Webley PH.D. recently sent me some of the latest research he was a part of:

Infectious Chlamydia pneumoniae is Associated With Elevated Interleukin-8 and Airway Neutrophilia in Children With Refractory Asthma
$view pdf research Infectious Chlamydia pneumoniae is Associated With Elevated Interleukin-8 and Airway Neutrophilia in Children With Refractory Asthma$
Occurrence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Chlamydia pneumoniae in paediatric respiratory infections

view pdf research Occurrence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Chlamydia pneumoniae in paediatric respiratory infections

Science Daily News
(May 25, 2010)Scientists from the University of Massachusetts have developed an animal model that shows how an early childhood lung infection can cause asthma later in life.

view asthma research article Scientists from the University of Massachusetts have developed an animal model that shows how an early childhood lung infection can cause asthma later in life

The University of Wisconsin, American Academy of Family Physicians, Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians (WAFP), The Dean Foundation for Health, Research and Education (Dean Foundation) and Pfizer corporation is sponsoring a study and recruiting volunteers for a study called AZMATICS to determine the effectiveness of Azithromycin as Adjunctive Treatment for Adult Asthma.

Important notice: At this time, the study is no longer recruiting subjects. However, the Principal Investigator, Dr. David Hahn, is willing to discuss other research opportunities that may be available for asthma suffers.

If you are interested in learning more, you may email Dr. Hahn at:

Dr. David Hahn contact information regarding asthma studies and research

Dr. David Hahn contact information regarding asthma studies and research

Dean Foundation

Follow this link to learn more about Dr. Hahn and the Dean Foundation.

If you are interested in making a donation to The Dean Foundation you can specify that it be used towards infectious asthma research

Support forum

First off, I would like to apologize for abruptly shutting down the support forum several years ago. Besides dealing with hackers, trolls and rude people, I was going through an extremely stressful time in life that resulted in the loss of our youngest son.

It got to be too much to handle so one day I flipped the switch and shut it down.

I know this upset some people so I hope they can accept this apology

Archives for the support forum can be found here. Plenty of good information to research

Old News

Newspaper Articles about AsthmaStory

The St. Petersburg times ran a story about AsthmaStory just before I went on Appalachian trail journey

St. Petersburg Times article about near fatal asthma attack

Several newspaper articles about the near fatal asthma attack.

Article 1

Royal Oak Tribune article about near fatal asthma attack

Article 2

Every year thousands die from fatal asthma attacks

Take asthma seriously!

Contact Jim

ASTHMA AND INFECTION
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INTERESTED PHYSICIANS

by DAVID L. HAHN. MD. MS

Recommendations for physicians by Dr. Hahn

For the past 12 years the pharmaceuticals and health products industry represent the top industry when it comes to financing lobbiest that influence our laws and federal policies (FDA).

No wonder this research still hasn't made it mainstream while drugs like oxycodone / oxycontin are freely dispensed. Killing and addicting millions.

Then again, it's all about money isn't it?

Click here to view drug industry lobbiest rankings for past 12 years

With so much information exploding all around us,
finding a nugget of knowledge is not nearly as important as
what you do with it.

The National Lung Association reports that:

The annual direct health care cost of asthma is approximately $15.6 billion; indirect costs (e.g. lost productivity) add another $5.1 billion, for a total of $20.7 billion dollars. Prescription drugs represented the largest single direct cost, at $5.6 billion.

In 2008, it was estimated that 23.3 million Americans currently have asthma. Of these, 12.7 million Americans (4.1 million children under 18) had an asthma attack