Thursday Feb 9 | Stock Market Review
Theravance Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 Financial Results
Theravance, Inc. reported today its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2011.
NRDC: Fighting for Air: Groups Support EPA's Life-Saving Standards for Mercury and Auto Emissions
Six-figure, four-state on-line advertising campaign in MI, OH, PA and VA will applaud efforts to curb dangerous carbon emissions from cars and mercury and other toxics from power plants WASHINGTON - February 8 - Two national environmental protection groups have launched a six-figure online advertising campaign applauding the EPA and President Obama ... (more)
Letter: Important for asthma sufferers to know about recall on Ventolin
Patients with asthma in our community need to know of an urgent drug recall initiated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Dog allergy: What you need to know
Pet allergies are everywhere. Over half of all homes in the United States have a cat or a dog, and between 5 and 10% of Americans are allergic to pets.
Goal of treatment for asthma is for patient to have no attacks
Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the air passages in the lung. Many times this inflammation is due to an allergy.
Pharmacists focus on asthma treatment
Qatar Universitys College of Pharmacy recently held the fourth session of its Continuing Pharmacy Professional Development Programme for the 2011 academic year which saw the attendance of 74 pharmacists from hospital, clinics and community practice settings throughout Qatar.
Combined asthma medication therapy shown to reduce attacks
A Henry Ford Hospital study has found that using two types of common asthma medications in combination reduces severe asthma attacks.
MKSAP: 60-year-old woman with pruritic hives
A 60-year-old woman is evaluated for pruritic hives that have persisted for 12 weeks.
How a chilly day can lead to a case of hives
Pam Pezzin of Freeport was walking in the woods on a winter day back around 1989 when she broke out in hives all over her body, including her stomach, arms, legs and face.
Studies: Not all fried foods equal, asthma medicine may cause...
This is another multiple topic presentation. Therefore, if you are not interested in the first topic, skip down to the next one to see if there is something for you there.
Bronchial Thermoplasty for Asthma Treatment
Back in 2008, BellaOnline's Asthma site featured a story about bronchial thermoplasty for asthma treatment.
The Asthma Foundation WA is urging people to get huffing and puffing for a good cause raising funds in the 2012 RAC Freeway Bike Hike for Asthma to support people battling asthma.
Beating Asthma: 7 Simple Principles
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.
Traffic-related asthma costs two cities big money
The findings suggest that "the real costs of this pollution are substantial," said lead researcher Sylvia J. Brandt, of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Merck Frosst loses information-protection appeal
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.
"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 .
Summary Box: Merck swings to profit in 4th quarter
BACK IN BLACK: Higher sales of most key drugs and lower charges push Merck & Co.
EPA Funding to Reduce Air Pollution from Buses, Locomotives
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.
Kentucky, Indiana shrink pollution-control zones
This can cause or worsen respiratory disease, such as emphysema and bronchitis, and aggravate heart disease, leading to increased hospital admissions and premature death.
Merck & Co. swings to Q4 profit on lower charges
Drugmaker Merck & Co. swung to a fourth-quarter profit because of lower acquisition and restructuring charges and slightly higher sales.
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