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by Genevra Pittman
3 Feb 2012 at 3:00am
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids who were breastfed as babies may have better lung function, and a lower risk of asthma, than those who were formula-fed, two new reports suggest. Researchers said that past studies have found conflicting results wh...
by Tan Ee Lyn
3 Feb 2012 at 4:51am
(Reuters) - Allergan Inc, maker of wrinkle treatment Botox, eye drops and obesity treatments, said it will rely less on the United States for revenue in coming years as its products gain wider acceptance in Asia, particularly China. The company on...
by Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent
3 Feb 2012 at 7:29am
LONDON (Reuters) - In June 2000, when American medical regulators posted a warning letter on the Internet about problems at a breast-implant maker in southern France, French authorities didn't pay much attention. A U.S. Food and Drug Administr...
by CLARKE CANFIELD
3 Feb 2012 at 7:52am
A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes — and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus to replace the ones that were being choked by a huge tumor.
3 Feb 2012 at 8:04am
(HealthDay News) -- Preparations for successful breast-feeding begin during pregnancy.
3 Feb 2012 at 8:04am
(HealthDay News) -- Toddler tantrums can challenge even the most patient parent, but being firm and consistent can help you discipline your toddler in an effective, loving way.
by Jessica Wohl
3 Feb 2012 at 9:02am
(Reuters) - Walgreen Co is being hit by its withdrawal from the Express Scripts Inc pharmacy network and by a much-weaker-than-expected flu season, leading it to temper its expectations for the number of prescriptions it will fill this year. Walgr...
by MARIA CHENG
3 Feb 2012 at 9:16am
Malaria may be killing around twice as many people as experts previously thought, and it could also be hitting older children and adults — long considered the least susceptible — a new study suggests.
3 Feb 2012 at 10:28am
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg pledged on Thursday to give $250,000 of his own money to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America after breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure withdrew funding f...
3 Feb 2012 at 10:28am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some two dozen Democrats in the Senate on Thursday called on breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure to reconsider its decision to cut off funding to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Senators Frank Lau...
by Rodrigo Campos
3 Feb 2012 at 10:43am
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Friday, propelling the Nasdaq index to an 11-year high, after January's U.S. employment report sailed past expectations, boosting hopes the world's largest economy has turned a corner. The broad-bas...
by HOLLY RAMER
3 Feb 2012 at 12:22pm
Researchers who spent three years dragging sheets of fabric through the woods to snag ticks have created a detailed map they claim could improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease.
by Jenifer Goodwin
HealthDay Reporter
3 Feb 2012 at 1:02pm
FRIDAY. Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- The babies of women who develop an epidural-related fever while in labor are at greater risk of having problems right at birth, including poor muscle tone, breathing difficulties, low Apgar scores and seizures, a...
by Kerry Grens
3 Feb 2012 at 1:07pm
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite concerns by some that vaccines might cause a crippling nerve disorder called Guillain-Barré syndrome, a new study finds that people who receive vaccines after previously having been diagnosed with the condition ...
by Rodrigo Campos
3 Feb 2012 at 12:21pm
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A surge in hiring last month lifted U.S. stocks on Friday, with the Nasdaq index hitting an 11-year high, as the data boosted hopes the world's largest economy has turned a corner. The broad-based gains also sent the Dow J...
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Asthma News
3 Feb 2012 at 8:23pm
Dr. Stephen Apaliski, MD, an expert in the field of Pediatrics and Allergy and Immunology, has found in his 30 years of experience that for as many individuals who live with asthma, few really have it under control, leading to further health complications and death.
3 Feb 2012 at 6:18pm
The findings suggest that "the real costs of this pollution are substantial," said lead researcher Sylvia J. Brandt, of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
3 Feb 2012 at 4:18pm
Pharmaceutical giant Merck Frosst has lost its legal battle to keep what it considers to be trade secrets exempt from Canada's access-to-information legislation.
3 Feb 2012 at 3:39am
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man how to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." I first encountered Taoist meditations while working on my Master's of Science degree in acupuncture at Yo San University .
2 Feb 2012 at 11:20pm
BACK IN BLACK: Higher sales of most key drugs and lower charges push Merck & Co.
2 Feb 2012 at 7:10pm
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is granting the National School Transportation Association $460,753 to replace three older diesel school buses with new buses, retrofit 40 older school buses with emission control and idle reduction technologies and install idle reduction technologies on an additional 118 school buses.
2 Feb 2012 at 3:10pm
This can cause or worsen respiratory disease, such as emphysema and bronchitis, and aggravate heart disease, leading to increased hospital admissions and premature death.
2 Feb 2012 at 11:01am
Drugmaker Merck & Co. swung to a fourth-quarter profit because of lower acquisition and restructuring charges and slightly higher sales.
2 Feb 2012 at 6:46am
Drugmaker Merck & Co. has swung to a fourth-quarter profit because of lower acquisition and restructuring charges and slightly higher sales.
1 Feb 2012 at 9:18pm
The asthma therapeutic theophylline exists in at least three anhydrous polymorphs and a monohydrate.
1 Feb 2012 at 6:44am
Among medical mysteries baffling many infectious disease experts is exactly how the deadly pneumonic plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, goes undetected in the first few day of lung infection, often until it's too late for medical treatment.
1 Feb 2012 at 2:34am
Could some cases of asthma actually be caused by an allergic reaction to a common environmental bacteria? New research findings published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that this idea may not be as far-fetched as it seems.
31 Jan 2012 at 3:11pm
Scientists said a pill made from a protein found in dust mites could revolutionize asthma treatment, the Daily Mail reported Tuesday.
31 Jan 2012 at 1:01pm
Could some cases of asthma actually be caused by an allergic reaction to a common environmental bacteria? New research findings published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that this idea may not be as far-fetched as it seems.
31 Jan 2012 at 7:47am
A Bradford mum whose asthmatic son fell ill after not getting access to an inhaler is backing a charity's campaign to cut red tape at schools.
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MedWorm Tags: asthma
by Better Health
25 Jul 2011 at 3:00pm
Many people are already aware of nebulizer treatments to help with breathing during asthma attacks and other pulmonary conditions.
What many people may not be aware of is that such nebulizer treatments can also potentially be used for chronic sinus infections. One of the best known companies offering such treatment is Sinus Dynamics.
Using one of several different nebulizers, compounded liquid medications (antibiotics and/or steroids) selected by the physician are nebulized/atomized which the patient then breathes into the nasal passages. The small size of the particles allow medication to theoretically move through the tiniest of sinus openings directly onto the infected tissue. Treatments are quick generally lasting 3 â 5 minutes (depending on medication and device). Here’s a vid...
by virology blog
14 Jul 2011 at 7:40am
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Margaret McFall-Ngai, and Elio Schaecter
On episode #11 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Margaret, Michael and Elio review the presence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase genes in chicken meat and in humans, and a beneficial effect of Helicobacter pylori colonization on the development of allergen-induced asthma.
Click the arrow above to play, or right click to download TWiM #11 (47 MB, .mp3, 68 minutes).
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Links for this episode:
Beta-lactamase genes in Enterobacteriaceae of humans and chickens (EID)
Is drug resistance in humans coming from chickens? (Wired)
Pew Commission on industrial...
by vactruth.com
11 Jul 2011 at 9:08am
According to the organization âChildren & Asthma in Americaâ there are at least 7 million children in the USA who suffer from the debilitating illness asthma. After carrying out a landmark survey researching the current state of asthma and asthma management among children in the United States, ‘Children & Asthma in America’ revealed that a massive 1 in 10 children suffer from the disease. (http://www.asthmainamerica.com/children…)
Many people are unaware that certain childhood vaccines contain yeast. Yeast is a substance which can cause breathing problems and asthma in any child who as a yeast allergy. One of the vaccines containing yeast is the Hib vaccine which is said to protect a child from Haemophilus Influenzae type B infection. This is a serious bact...
by Pharmalot
5 May 2011 at 6:09am
Good morning and nice to see you again. A busy morning here on the Pharmalot corporate campus, where we have been hustling various short people off to the local school house for some learning. To cope, we are, of course, sipping that needed cup of stimulation. Please feel free to join us. Meanwhile, we are gearing up for another busy day of phone calls and our own version of R&D. And so here are some tidbits as you gear up for your own challenges. Hope all goes well and be in touch…
Allergan Licenses Drug For Retinal Disease (Reuters)
Osteoporosis Drug Linked To Rare Thigh Fractures (Wall Street Journal)
Ranbaxy May Pay $1B Fine For Manufacturing Problems (Economic Times)
Glaxo Is Ready To Settle Another 1,000 Avandia Lawsuits (Bloomberg News)
Merck And Astra Asthma Pills As Goo...
by WSJ.com: Health Blog
4 May 2011 at 6:35am
Hospital Earnings: Tenet Healthcare, the object of an unwanted takeover bid by Community Health Systems, said first-quarter profit fell 16% due to increased income-tax expenses as revenue rose, Dow Jones Newswires Reports. Meantime, on Monday, Community Health boosted its all-cash bid for the hospital operator to $7.25 from $6 per share.
Looking for Love?: Germany’s Bayer AG would consider a merger of its health unit with a similarly sized drug company, Bloomberg News reports, citing an interview with the company’s CEO. Marijn Dekkers says that three or four companies would qualify; he wouldn’t elaborate, but BN says Eli Lilly, Amgen and Bristol-Myers Squibb have annual revenue of roughly the same amount as Bayer’s health-care business.
Wheezing Stats: New CDC figur...
by Better Health
29 Apr 2011 at 5:00pm
The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a new warning about a medication that has been used for years and it has sent shock waves throughout my specialty. Terbutaline is an FDA approved medication that is used for asthmatic patients or patients who have significant narrowing of the airways. However for years it has been used as an âoff-labelâ medication to treat preterm labor but now thatâs about to change. An off-label drug means it hasnât been approved for that specific use by the FDA.
According to the FDA, the injectable form of Terbutaline should only be used for a maximum of 24 to 72 hours because the drugs association with heart problems and death. The FDA goes on to say that the oral version (pills) should not be prescribed to treat preterm labor because itâ...
by Fade Library
27 Apr 2011 at 4:54am
This study aimed to describe the inpatient resource utilisation, clinical characteristics, and admission reasons of patients recurrently readmitted to children’s hospitals in the United States. The article concludes that among a group of paediatric hospitals, 18.8% of admissions and 23.2% of inpatient charges were accounted for by the 2.9% of patients with frequent recurrent admissions. Many of these patients were rehospitalised recurrently for a problem in the same organ system.
An NHS Athens password is required to access this article online, alternatively contact the Library for a copy of the article.
Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Journals Tagged: Asthma, Child, Children's Health, Chronic Diseases, Health Economics, Patient Readmission (Source: Fade ...
by Better Health
10 Apr 2011 at 9:00am
Researchers in Turkey found that there is an association between nasal hair density and risk of asthma developing in patients with seasonal rhinitis patients. No joke… They published their findings in the International Archives of Allergy and Immunology in March 2011.
The rate of asthma found in patients with little or no nasal hair was 44.7% whereas only 16.7% of patients with a dense forest of nasal hair had asthma.
They hypothesize that increased nasal hair improves allergen filtration thereby preventing the allergens from irritating the airway. The assumption here being that allergen irritation of the airway can potentially cause asthma.
IF this is true (and that’s a big if)… patients with allergies should be encouraged to grow nice thick nasal hair to prevent future ...
by Better Health
28 Mar 2011 at 5:00pm
DISCLAIMER: This post is not meant to condone or promote allergy shots to be given at home. It is meant to promote discussion and make patients aware of the issues involved.
Allergy shots, unlike medications like claritin and flonase, offer patients with significant allergies a way to potentially be cured of their misery without the need for daily medication use. However, there is a small, but substantial risk for anaphylaxis and even death with allergy shot administration. After all, a patient is being injected with the very substances that cause their allergies. As such, many allergists will allow allergy shots to be administered ONLY within a medical setting. Also, the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) specifically forbids allergy shots to be administered at home...
by Life in the Fast Lane
13 Mar 2011 at 8:19pm
The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
by The Collective Well
7 Mar 2011 at 3:21pm
It’s time to start repeating some of our earlier studies to see if they hold up with the larger dataset we’ve now gathered in collaboration with our nearly 25,000 marvelous members.
The very first discovery we announced, back in September 2009, was an association between Infertility and Asthma. The 2009 finding was based on an analysis of 324 members, and revealed that members with Infertility were 1.9x more likely to report Asthma.
We just re-ran the analysis (15 months later), with data from 3,735 members (11.5x larger sample!) and we discovered that… the association still holds.
The gritty details: within the 253 people reporting infertility, 51 (20%) reported having asthma (the remaining 202 out of 253 specifically said they did NOT have asthma). Wi...
by A Hearty Life
3 Mar 2011 at 11:31am
photo: Thinkstock
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ordered more than 500 prescription cough, cold and allergy products off the market Wednesday, saying its office had not evaluated the medication for safety, effectiveness and quality.
“Removing these unapproved products from the market will reduce potential risks to consumers,” said Deborah Autor, director of the Office of Compliance in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, in a news release from the agency.
The FDA said removing the products from the market poses no harm to consumers, but taking the unapproved drugs may put the health of people at risk.
“There are many FDA-approved prescription products, as well as appropriately marketed over-the-counter products, available to treat cough, cold, a...
by WSJ.com: Health Blog
25 Feb 2011 at 12:53pm
If Wilbur can’t get past the co-op board, will a dog or cat do?
If kids who live in close proximity to farm animals seem to develop asthma at lower-than-average rates, can urban or suburban children reap the same benefits by acquiring a dog or cat?
That was our first question after reading a recent WSJ story by Shirley Wang, which covered a study suggesting the greater variety of microbes farm kids are exposed to seem to be beneficial. The first author of the study told Wang that conventional house pets wouldn’t likely offer the same benefit; the pig and cow exposure seemed to confer the benefit.
The theory behind the general “hygiene hypothesis” is that we’re all born with a predilection for allergies, but early exposure to microbes can help tilt the develo...
by WSJ.com: Health Blog
24 Feb 2011 at 6:25am
Abbott’s Pain Relieved: A $1.8 billion patent-infringement jury verdict against Abbott Labs was overturned yesterday by a federal appeals court, disappointing Johnson & Johnson, one of the plaintiffs, the WSJ reports. J&J and New York University had claimed Abbott’s rheumatoid arthritis treatment Humira infringed their patent for a competing drug, Remicade; the federal appeals court decided that the two therapies were developed using different strategies, the paper says.
Organ Policy: The United Network for Organ Sharing is considering whether to change its kidney-transplant criteria to give more weight to the recipient’s age and health status over time spent on the waiting list, the Washington Post reports. The goal would be to get the greatest number of healthy ...
by Genetics and Health
23 Feb 2011 at 3:41pm
Bad news, allergy sufferers — your torture time is about to be seem even more interminable, and climate change is to blame. “A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows a link between warming temperatures and a longer ragweed pollen season,” according to TIME. As if there weren’t already enough reasons to be bummed out about global warming.
But before you start building yourself a hermetically-sealed bubble to keep out that nasty pollen, try one of these ten allergy home remedies that are all available over the counter, if not in your very own kitchen. (As always, consult with a health care practitioner before embarking on any new herbal regimen.) Sure, seeing a doc may defeat the purpose of exploring at-home allergy remedies, but you co...
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