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What Is the Link Between Asthma and Thunderstorms?
A one-of-a-kind study in the Southern United States now points an accusatory finger at thunderstorms for exacerbating asthma symptoms.
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Kaletra and Efavirenz Affect Prednisolone Levels
... are used to treat a number of diseases and symptoms in which the immune system is inflamed, such as arthritis and asthma. The blood levels of one corticosteroid, fluticasone (Flovent, Flonase, Advair), which is commonly prescribed to treat allergies ...
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Asthma among children, especially in big cities like Philadelphia has been skyrocketing.
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Health Alert: Asthma Cases Among Children Rising
Asthma among children, especially in big cities like Philadelphia has been skyrocketing.
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Asthma is a condition in which the tissues lining the airways are inflamed and hypersensitive.
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Summer: Time To Update Asthma Action Plan
... of Health and Senior Services would also like families to use a little of that time updating their children's asthma action plans. Health officials say the extra free time during summer is an excellent opportunity for parents to make an appointment ...
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GlaxoSmithKline to lay off 90 in Zebulon
... of GSK's manufacturing operations in Zebulon go to making Advair DISKUS, an inhaled form of the company's top-selling asthma drug. Workers at the site also make the tablet forms of other GSK drugs, including Valtrex, a genital herpes treatment, and ...
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Tainted test had horse medication
... for clenbuterol. Literature on clenbuterol gleaned from various medical Web sites says the drug is similar to the asthma medication albuterol but is more potent and lasts longer. It is said to boost metabolism, burn fat and increase muscle mass, and ...
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Person familiar with test says swimmer Hardy tests positive
... the World Anti-Doping Agency 's prohibited substance list. As a bronchodilator, it is sometimes used as treatment for asthma. Twice-banned Argentine tennis player Mariano Puerta tested positive for Clenbuterol, and two Major Leaguers with leading ...
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Potential health threat from fire smoke
... to smoke. "The greatest threat is to the very young, the elderly and those with heart and lung conditions such as asthma or heart disease," says Julie Graham, spokesperson for the Spokane Regional Health District. Health officials warn of the ...
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... Dewayne Mosley, 38, of Wichita, Kan. and formerly of Mount Pleasant died Sunday, July 20, 2008, after suffering an asthma attack. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 26, at Sunset Baptist Church with the Rev. John M. Brooks officiating. ...
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Glaxo Profit Declines 3.5% on Slowing Revenue From Avandia Diabetes Pill
... to less than 4 percent in the U.S. last year from 17 percent at the start of the decade. The maker of the Advair asthma treatment cut jobs to trim $700 million in costs by 2010 after a report last year linking Avandia to heart attack risks led to a ...
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Nutmeg has a long history of health benefits
... and can help alleviate symptoms of the common cold, primarily cough. It has been rumored to help reduce symptoms of asthma, but this remains to be substantiated by scientific research. It is possible to lower blood pressure with "warming spices," ...
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... a marked slowdown in sales growth for its Gardasil vaccine against cervical cancer but also a decline in sales of asthma drug Singulair, usually a dependable earner. Merck's refusal to reaffirm its previous 2008 earnings forecast, citing new ...
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Protecting yourself on bad air days
... pollution is predicted to reach unhealthy levels and can be harmful for people who have respiratory problems such as asthma. Since its summer, that means more outdoor activities. But heading outside when there is an air quality alert might not be ...
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TB and asthma fight stepped up
... Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation. Kenya is among 22 countries with the highest TB cases in the world. Despite asthma affecting between two to three million Kenyans - up to 10 per cent of children and five to 10 per cent of adults - the ...
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Hopkins department now offers more service
... can now give basic, lifesaving medications like aspirin for heart attacks and Albuterol, a medication used to treat asthma attacks. "We applaud Hopkins Fire Department for taking the initiative to raise their level of service in caring for the ...
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Skyepharma PLC Announces Positive Results for Two European Studies for Flutiform
... results. Study FLT-3501 assessed 182 patients, suffering from mild to moderate-severe persistent and reversible asthma, who were treated in accordance with the protocol. This randomised, open label, parallel group study compared Flutiform(TM) pMDI ...
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Merck 2Q profit rises on cost-cutting
NEW YORK -- Drug developer Merck & Co. said Monday its second-quarter profit rose 5 percent as cost-cutting efforts more than offset a drop in sales of its asthma treatment Singulair and cholesterol drugs Zetia ...
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Critical Therapeutics Files Registration Statement on Form S-4 with...
... extended-release tablets and ZYFLO (zileuton tablets). Critical Therapeutics is developing products for acute asthma attacks that lead patients to the emergency room and other urgent care settings. Critical Therapeutics also is developing therapies ...
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