21.   A study confirms that inhaled steroids, long a mainstay of asthma treatment, are the most effective medicine for youngsters with persistent cases of the disease.

22.   But some pediatricians have wondered whether inhaled steroids, which are easier to use, might work as well and be safer still.

23.   Doctors had hypothesized that inhaled steroids widely used for asthma might slow progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by reducing airway inflammation.

24.   Doctors have been uncertain until now whether treating asthma with inhaled steroids actually saves lives.

25.   Doctors treating children for severe asthma attacks should stick with standard steroid pills and not switch to inhaled steroids, a study found.

26.   He said Americans are particularly wary of inhaled steroids because of the possible side effects, such as stunted growth in children, osteoporosis, glaucoma and cataracts.

27.   Hundreds of thousands of children with asthma and allergies find relief, even lifesaving treatment, from inhaled steroids.

28.   Inhaled steroids are widely used to treat asthma.

29.   Inhaled steroids, widely used to treat asthma, cause bone loss in young women, researchers report.

30.   Israel and his colleagues only studied women but he said he would expect similar results in men who use inhaled steroids.