Asthma News

Theravance, Inc. reported today its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2011.

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)

Patients with asthma in our community need to know of an urgent drug recall initiated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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.

Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the air passages in the lung. Many times this inflammation is due to an allergy.

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.

A Henry Ford Hospital study has found that using two types of common asthma medications in combination reduces severe asthma attacks.

A 60-year-old woman is evaluated for pruritic hives that have persisted for 12 weeks.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The findings suggest that "the real costs of this pollution are substantial," said lead researcher Sylvia J. Brandt, of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

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 .

BACK IN BLACK: Higher sales of most key drugs and lower charges push Merck & Co.

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.

This can cause or worsen respiratory disease, such as emphysema and bronchitis, and aggravate heart disease, leading to increased hospital admissions and premature death.

Drugmaker Merck & Co. swung to a fourth-quarter profit because of lower acquisition and restructuring charges and slightly higher sales.