ATLANTA, GA — May 23, 2002 — Aggressive use of anti-inflammatory therapy in patients with asthma may not control their disease, but may only manage
ATLANTA, GA — May 23, 2002 — Tiotropium appears to improve lung volume, lung function, exercise endurance and dyspnea in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC and SILVER SPRING, MD — May 23, 2002 — United Therapeutics Corporation announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) May 14 – The battery of tests typically used to distinguish viral from bacterial pneumonia in adults do little to help
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) May 14 – The battery of tests typically used to distinguish viral from bacterial pneumonia in adults do little to help
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) May 17 – A high intake of saturated fat increases the risk of pancreatic cancer in smokers, according to a report
05/21/2002 By Elda Hauschildt Analysis of exhaled breath condensate may be useful in studying allergic inflammation in patients with childhood asthma. Researchers from the National
Laurie Barclay, MD NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) May 15 The Jarvik 2000, described in the May 14 issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart
05/15/2002 By David Loshak Most children with alveolar pneumonia, especially those with lobar infiltrates, have bacterial infection. There are interstitial infiltrates in both viral and
Lancet 05/09/2002 By Harvey McConnell: Azithromycin, often prescribed by doctors in the United States, has been found ineffective for treating bronchitis. This has been found
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 30 – Pretreatment of atopic asthmatics with montelukast curbs bronchoconstriction brought about by challenge with adenosine 5'-monophosphate (AMP), UK researchers
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 30 – Polymorphisms in the gene for p53, a tumor suppressor protein, are risk factors for lung cancer and the
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 29 – Among asthmatics, an increase in plasma adenosine with exercise might contribute to exercised-induced bronchoconstriction, Hungarian researchers report. Dr.
LONDON, ENGLAND — April 30, 2002 — New treatment option for exercise-induced asthma licensed in the UK AstraZeneca UK Ltd announced today that its long-acting
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 04/24/2002 By David Ball While malnutrition in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients may not be due to an increased
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 25 – Workers who mix and package flavored microwave popcorn–and probably others involved in flavor manufacturing–seem to be at high
04/23/2002 By Robert Short There is a direct relationship between sinonasal mucosa thickness and bronchial inflammation in severe asthma, particularly in patients who develop the
LONDON (Reuters Health) Apr 25 – The European Medicines Evaluation Agency (EMEA) announced on Thursday a safety review of Schering-Plough's hayfever drug loratidine (Clarityn) after
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 23 – Japanese researchers have found that lidocaine has immunoregulatory effects on T cells, which might make lidocaine an anti-inflammatory
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 23 – Asthmatic children who use meters to monitor peak expiratory flow (PEF) appear to do better than those who