Asthma News

Physicians often prescribe the acid reflux drug lansoprazole in addition to standard inhaled steroid drugs to children who have 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 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.

Back in 2008, BellaOnline's Asthma site featured a story about bronchial thermoplasty for asthma treatment.

A UK study revealed that the COPD Assessment Test can accurately evaluate exacerbation severity in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease .

Could some cases of asthma actually be caused by an allergic reaction to a common environmental bacteria? New research findings published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that this idea may not be as far-fetched as it seems.

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.

Could some cases of asthma actually be caused by an allergic reaction to a common environmental bacteria? New research findings published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that this idea may not be as far-fetched as it seems.

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

Among medical mysteries baffling many infectious disease experts is exactly how the deadly pneumonic plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, goes undetected in the first few day of lung infection, often until it's too late for medical treatment.

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

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

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.

A Bradford mum whose asthmatic son fell ill after not getting access to an inhaler is backing a charity's campaign to cut red tape at schools.

The asthma therapeutic theophylline exists in at least three anhydrous polymorphs and a monohydrate.

Scientists said a pill made from a protein found in dust mites could revolutionize asthma treatment, the Daily Mail reported Tuesday.

"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 .

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

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