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Asthma A Significant Risk Factor For Complications In Children With H1N1
A new study on pediatric H1N1 influenza admissions has found that asthma is a significant risk factor for severe disease in children with pandemic H1N1 compared with the seasonal flu. The study (http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/rapidpdf/cmaj.091724), led by researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Ontario, is published online in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). ...more		 20 Nov 2009
A Risk Factor In Childhood Asthma Symptoms May Be Mother's Depression
Asthma symptoms can worsen in children with depressed mothers, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center published online in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology. ...more		 20 Nov 2009
Altair Therapeutics Announces Commencement Of A Multi-Center Phase IIa Clinical Trial Of Inhaled AIR645 To Treat Asthma
Altair Therapeutics, Inc., a privately-held, biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for respiratory diseases, announced the commencement of its IL-4 receptor alpha inhibitor bronchoprovocation trial. Study AIR645-CS2 is a phase 2, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to assess the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of inhaled AIR645 in suppressing the asthmatic response in subjects with mild asthma. ...more		 20 Nov 2009
American Nurses Association Backs New Report Describing Effects Of Coal Pollution On Health
The American Nurses Association (ANA) joined other health care groups to support the Physicians for Social Responsibility's (PSR) newly-released report, "Coal's Assault on Human Health." Registered nurses see the effects of coal-generated pollution on the health of newborns who have elevated mercury levels and on patients with lung or cardiac disease. The PSR report concludes that coal contributes to four of the top five causes of mortality in the U.S. ...more		 20 Nov 2009
EFA Highlights The Urgent Need For Change And A Comprehensive European Strategy To Fight Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
The European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients Associations (EFA) today launched a book comparing and analysing the situation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Europe for the first time from the patients' perspective. The Book highlights and urgent need to reduce the suffering and mortality from this disease, which will - if not tackled appropriately - be the third leading cause of death worldwide by 2030. ...more		 20 Nov 2009
U-M Opens New Research Studies For Emphysema & Other COPD
Why do some smokers develop lung disease and others don't? And just how effective is supplemental oxygen therapy in treating patients with emphysema? The University of Michigan Health System will try to find out, through two new multi-center research studies that seek to improve diagnosis and treatment for millions of people affected by emphysema, chronic bronchitis and other lung diseases. Together, those conditions are known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). ...more		 20 Nov 2009
New Certified Reference Materials Offer Greater Certainty In Monitoring 3 Therapeutic Medications
To help bring greater certainty to the measurement of medication levels in a patient's bloodstream for three drugs with narrow therapeutic ranges, the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is releasing new certified reference materials (CRMs). ...more		 20 Nov 2009
Groups At High Risk Of H1N1 Influenza A Should Avoid Travelling To 2009 HAJJ
Some 2.5 million pilgrims are expected at holy sites in Saudi Arabia for the 2009 Hajj, expected to begin around November 25. To combat the threat posed by H1N1 influenza A, the Saudi Arabian Health Ministry has issued public health recommendations, including recommending groups at highest risk of contracting H1N1 postpone their pilgrimage to a later year when the threat is reduced. ...more		 19 Nov 2009
Cells That Control Inflammation In Chronic Disease
A new type of immune cell that can be out of control in certain chronic inflammatory diseases, worsening the symptoms of conditions like psoriasis and asthma, is described for the first time this week in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. ...more		 19 Nov 2009
Global Alliance For Chronic Diseases Announces Targets
The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) on Monday outlined plans "to invest tens of millions of dollars in heart and lung disease studies in a battle against a global epidemic of chronic disease," over five years, Reuters reports. ...more		 18 Nov 2009
Need For Emergency Airway Surgery For Hard-to-Intubate Patients Reduced
Be prepared, that old Boy Scout motto, is being applied with great success to operating room patients whose anatomy may make it difficult for physicians to help them breathe during surgery, Johns Hopkins researchers report in a new study. When patients undergo general anesthesia, they stop breathing on their own and anesthesiologists must quickly insert a tube into the airway as a first step in machine-assisted breathing. ...more		 18 Nov 2009
Annals Of Allergy, Asthma And Immunology To Be Published By Elsevier
Elsevier is pleased to announce that beginning with Volume 104 (2010) it will assume publication of the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the official journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI). The i>Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, published since 1942, will continue under the leadership of Editor Gailen D. Marshall, MD, PhD and a distinguished editorial board. ...more		 18 Nov 2009
Aradigm Doses First Patient In Long-Term Phase 2 Study Of A Novel Inhaled Ciprofloxacin Formulation For The Management Of Respiratory Infections
Aradigm Corporation (OTCBB:ARDM) (the "Company") announced that the first patient was dosed in a 6-month, multicenter, international Phase 2 clinical trial of a novel version of inhaled ciprofloxacin (ARD-3150) in 40 adult patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial will be conducted in Australia and New Zealand. ...more		 18 Nov 2009
Post-Discharge, Elevated Biomarkers Lead To Diminished Quality Of Life In Heart Attack Patients
Many heart attack patients have high levels of cardiac biomarkers in the blood for several months after leaving the hospital, with more shortness of breath and chest pain, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study. The study examined a subset of patients in a 4,500-patient heart attack registry from 24 24 U.S. hospitals and found: 9 percent had elevated levels of the biomarker troponin (TnT) after six months. ...more		 17 Nov 2009
Smokers Urged To Have A Lung Function Test Following British Lung Foundation Survey
Almost three quarters (73%) of smokers and ex smokers have not had a lung function test despite 21% of this group experiencing symptoms of a chronic lung disease in the last 12 months according to a new survey released today by the British Lung Foundation, ahead of World COPD Day. ...more		 17 Nov 2009
WHO Revises Clinical H1N1 Guidelines, Sends Antivirals To Some Hard-Hit Nations
On Thursday, the WHO issued revised guidance for the clinical management of H1N1 (swine) flu, the Associated Press reports. ...more		 16 Nov 2009
New Research Shows Over-use Of Asthma Rescue Inhalers Substantially Reduced Through Pharmacist-initiated Physician Intervention
Research presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) Annual Scientific Meeting shows that an intervention to reduce over-dispensing and waste of asthma medications can succeed without compromising patient safety and can result in substantial cost savings. Medco Health Solutions, Inc. ...more		 13 Nov 2009
When Seconds Count: Interventional Radiology Treatment For Pulmonary Embolism Saves Lives
Catheter-directed therapy or catheter-directed thrombolysis--an interventional radiology treatment that uses targeted image-guided drug delivery with specially designed catheters to dissolve dangerous blood clots in the lungs--saves lives and should be considered a first-line treatment option for massive pulmonary embolism, note researchers in the November Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. ...more		 12 Nov 2009
Swine Influenza Daily Update: 10 November 2009, Wales
The NPHS influenza surveillance scheme, which records reports of diagnoses of flu from more than 300 GP practices across Wales, shows that there has been a decrease in the rate of influenza consultations. Further detail can be found on the NPHS website. The report from 8 November estimates there were 57. ...more		 12 Nov 2009
Dust Control Research Leads To A NIOSH Grant To Facilitate Adoption Of Hazard Controls
In the construction industry, respiratory disease, often leading to disability or an increased risk of cancer, is a major public health concern. Studies led by Deborah Young-Corbett, a faculty member in Virginia Tech's School of Construction, have shown that specific types of sanding tools are highly effective in reducing the dust that causes these health hazards, yet the industry's usage of the available technology remains very low. ...more		 12 Nov 2009
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