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Study compared three asthma treatments for children
Penn State Hersheys Dave Mauger was the lead statistician of an asthma study that compared three supplemental treatments for children with persistent asthma whose symptoms were not well controlled by low doses of inhaled corticosteroids alone.
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FDA issues warning on 4 asthma drugs
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government is taking steps to curb use of some long-acting asthma drugs taken by millions, issuing safety restrictions Thursday to lower an uncommon but potentially life-threatening risk that asthma could worsen suddenly.The...
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Bone marrow transplants could help asthma patients
LOS ANGELES - Cases of severe, therapy-resistant asthma are on the rise worldwide, and new strategies are needed to treat the estimated 100,000 people who die of asthma every year.Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and their...
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'Neglect a factor in child's asthma death'
A boy who died after an asthma attack at a UK school died of natural causes contributed to by neglect at school level, an inquest jury has ruled.However, the Asthma Society of Ireland has stressed that it has recently introduced asthma...
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FDA imposes new safety requirements to curb use of LABAs in asthma patients
This decision was based upon an analysis of data from a surveillance study (Salmeterol Nationwide Surveillance Study; SNS), a large, randomized trial (Salmeterol Multicenter Asthma Research Trial; SMART), and a meta-analysis of asthma patients.
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FDA imposes new safety requirements to curb use of LABAs in asthma patients
This decision was based upon an analysis of data from a surveillance study (Salmeterol Nationwide Surveillance Study; SNS), a large, randomized trial (Salmeterol Multicenter Asthma Research Trial; SMART), and a meta-analysis of asthma patients.
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Fast-paced modernisation blamed for rise in asthma cases in GCC
MENAFN - Khaleej Times - 20/03/2010 No.of Ratings : 1 Evaluation: Poor (MENAFN - Khaleej Times) The quick pace of 'modernisation' of the Arab community is responsible for the rise in the number of cases of asthma reported in the Gulf region, according...
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Indoor allergen exposure, sensitization, and development of asthma in a high-risk birth cohort
Carlsten C, Dimich-Ward H, Becker AB, Ferguson A, Chan HW, DyBuncio A, Chan-Yeung M..Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2010. 2010 John Wiley & Sons A/S Contradictory findings have been observed for the association of house dust mite (HDM), cat, and dog allergen...
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Prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases in primary school children in Edirne, Turkey, two surveys 10years apart
Selcuk ZT, Demir AU, Tabakoglu E, Caglar T.Prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases in primary school children in Edirne, Turkey, two surveys 10 years apart.Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2010. 2010 John Wiley & Sons A/S To assess change in prevalence...
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Breast feeding may increase risk for eczema in high-risk infants
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2010; Advance online publication MedWire News: Infants at high-risk for asthma who are exclusively breastfed have increased risk for developing eczema, but reduced risk for early wheezing, show study results.Writing in the...
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Factors in infancy and childhood related to reduced lung function in asthmatic children: A birth cohort study (BAMSE)
Changes in lung function due to childhood asthma have been reported to occur before school age, and to persist throughout life.The aim was to assess the relationship between aspects of lung function and asthma over time in 4,089 children...
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GlaxoSmithKline Starts Phase 3 Asthma Program
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK.LN), a research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare company, said Friday it has started the first asthma patient treatment with Relovair (fluticasone furoate/vilanterol trifenatate) in an asthma...
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Fast-paced Modernisation to Blame for Rise in Number of Asthma Cases
ABU DHABI - The quick pace of escape_start8232;modernisation of the Arab community is responsible for the rise in the number of cases of asthma reported in the Gulf region, according to a pulmonologist.'About 10 per cent of the population had asthma...
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::: GlaxoSmithKline commences Relovair Phase III asthma programme
March 2010, London UK GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced today that the first asthma patient has commenced treatment with Relovair (fluticasone furoate/vilanterol trifenatate) in an asthma exacerbation study, marking the start of the Phase III clinical...
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CXCL12/SDF-1 is associated with leukocyte recruitment in asthma
*Dept.Immunoallergy and Asthma, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mxico. **Unidad de Investigacin Mdica de Zacatecas. Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Mxico. ***Dept. Microbiology, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades...
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Higher Rates of Asthma Among Kids Linked to Low Vitamin D Levels
Child Health News Font Size Researchers have said that African American children with asthma in metropolitan Washington, DC, are significantly more likely to have low levels of vitamin D than healthy African American children.The study by researchers...
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From Our Alliance: AAE
When I taught asthma education classes in middle and high schools, I often found that as the age of the students increased, more girls than boys appeared in my classes.It also became apparent that younger boys and older girls had a greater number of...
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FDA curbs LABA use for asthma
On February 18, FDA recommended drastic changes limiting the way long-acting beta2-adrenergic agonists (LABAs) are used to treat asthma.This decision was based upon an analysis of data from a surveillance study (Salmeterol Nationwide Surveillance Study...
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Phase III asthma programme is underway
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced today that the first asthma patient has commenced treatment with Relovair This asthma exacerbation study, marks the start of the Phase III clinical development programme for this serious and chronic disease.The ...
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Spring allergy season is here, already miserable, will get -- ah-choo! -- worse [San Jose Mercury News, Calif.
19--Get ready for a really bad spring for allergies -- the worst in years.This week, allergy victims are sniffing and sneezing, itching and wheezing their way into already-crowded clinics across the South Bay. 'I'm up to my ears with patients,' said Alan...
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Early-life chlamydial lung infection may increase future asthma severity
MedWire News: Chlamydial lung infections in early life may influence immune responses and respiratory function, and increase the severity of asthma in later life, suggest results from a study in mice.The majority of adult asthma originates in...
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Peanut allergy linked to increased asthma morbidity in children
MedWire News: The presence of peanut allergy is associated with a greater number of hospitalizations and increased systemic steroid use in children with asthma, research shows.Several risk factors for increased asthma morbidity have been...
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Pregnancy and Stress Causes Asthma in Kids?
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Stressed out pregnant women may be putting their babies at risk for developing asthma.Researchers compared the cord blood of infants born to moms in high stress environments to moms in lower stress situations, and discovered...
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GSKs Relovair moves into phase III
GlaxoSmithKline has started phase III asthma trials of Relovair, the respiratory treatment it is developing with San Francisco biopharma firm Theravance.Relovair combines GSKs inhaler Seretide, itself a combination of fluticasone and salmeterol, with...
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Pakistan Salt Mines Provide Asthma Relief
Respiratory Disease News Font Size Print Comments A centuries-old salt mine in Pakistan is offering experimental asthma therapy, attracting patients from all over the world.Khewra, billed as the world's second largest salt mine, has for centuries...
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