31.   Inhaled steroids reduce inflammation.

32.   Suissa said inhaled steroids are most effective if patients use about six canisters a year.

33.   Suissa noted that the benefits were achieved with low-dose inhaled steroids.

34.   The Associated Press reported erroneously Wednesday the brand name of an inhaled steroid used in a study of children with severe asthma attacks.

35.   The inhaled steroids study looked at three groups of premenopausal women with asthma.

36.   The study showed that patients who stopped using inhaled steroids were five times more likely to die of asthma than those who continued to use them regularly.

37.   The study was partially financed by Glaxo Wellcome, which makes Flonase, the inhaled steroid tested in the study.

38.   The U.S. study further found that inhaled steroids can help control symptoms even in mild cases.

39.   The two other groups used the same inhaled steroid, Azmacort, but at different doses.

40.   They were all taking inhaled steroids.