Asthma News

Dan Babcock, who works on a farm between Wiggins and Weldona and has asthma that can be triggered by seasonal allergies, has found ways to manage his asthma despite the many allergens he comes into contact with in the course of his work.

Nov. 6, 2009 -- Treatment with oral contraceptives may benefit premenopausal women with asthma, even if their asthma symptoms are not strongly linked to their monthly menstrual cycles, early research suggests.

Newswise - In the past year, an estimated more than one million patients were hospitalized and nearly three million visited emergency rooms in the United States as a result of asthma, according to a new comprehensive national survey.1, 2 Additionally, approximately one in three asthma patients 12 and older surveyed were hospitalized, visited ...

Imagine trying to perform your daily routine while sucking on a straw. That's how Del Northrup, of New Raymer, describes living with asthma.

About 6 percent of all childhood asthma cases in Riverside and 9 percent in Long Beach can be attributed to proximity to heavy traffic corridors, according to a USC study released today.

The new Merck & Co. has become the world's second-biggest drugmaker overnight with a huge acquisition, but it still has a fat wallet and plans more wheeling and dealing.

I don't often write about alternative remedies for serious medical conditions. Most have little more than anecdotal support, and few have been found effective in well-designed clinical trials.

Asthma is a chronic conditions that leads to complications from H1N1 flu cases. It's the most common underlying condition associated with the illness.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SkyePharma Announces Successful Completion of FlutiformTM EU Clinical Trial Programme LONDON, UK, 2 November, 2009 - SkyePharma PLC today announces that its development and marketing partner Mundipharma International Corporation Limited has successfully completed the final Phase III clinical study for the European development ...

Editor's Note: This is the 1st in a series of articles on asthma. This series is part of an asthma awareness project Network in eastern Colorado being done by the High Plains Research Community Advisory Council.

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: A new technology from a small California-based company should be approved as the first non-drug treatment for asthma , a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended Wednesday.

A recent study determined glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis is now treatable with Teriparatide, a synthetic form of the human parathyroid hormone.

Leduc residents lined up - some for hours - at the Leduc Fellowship Church Oct. 26 to get vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus.

The drug teriparatide is better at increasing bone density and reducing vertebral fractures in patients with glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis than the drug alendronate, a new study finds.

This is the final in a series of articles for a community program to raise awareness about asthma and the Asthma Toolkits program.

The indigestible part of all plant-based foods pushes its way through most of the digestive tract unchanged, acting as a kind of internal broom.

Federal health advisers say a novel technology from a small medical technology firm should be approved as the first non-drug treatment for asthma.

About 25 million people in the United States have asthma, including 8 million children.

Shares of Icagen Inc. plunged Tuesday on news that the Research Triangle Park-based company plans to stop development of senicapoc due to the asthma drug's failure in a clinical trial.

It's hard for families to volunteer for clinical research trials in asthma. It means added time and attention tracking the smallest changes of a frustrating and life-threatening disease.