Saturday, May 27, 2006

Asthma - Salt air helps patients with asthma


Salt air helps patients with asthma
Reuters - May 24, 2006 Breathing salt dust in a chamber coated with salt for 40 minutes a day seems to improve the airway tightening experienced by people with asthma, according to a

Win the cold war
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 23 hours ago threatening complications of influenza include those with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, kidney problems, respiratory conditions including asthma and those

Change of asthma inhalers boosts prices
Monsters and Critics.com, UK - May 12, 2006 KENILWORTH, NJ, United States (UPI) -- A US government-mandated shift to ozone-friendly inhalers for asthma may create shortages, forcing sufferers to buy more

Ranbaxy in-licenses asthma drug
Business Standard, India - May 17, 2006 into an in-licensing agreement for the Indian market with the Netherlands-based pharma company, Eurodrug Laboratories, for the asthma product Doxophylline.

Video aimed at helping children with asthma
Daily News - Galveston County, TX - May 20, 2006 GALVESTON A DVD produced by the University of Texas Medical Branch attempts to teach children with asthma across Texas how to gain better control over

Low fruit, vitamin C intake tied to asthma risk
Reuters - May 16, 2006 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with symptomatic asthma eat less fruit and consume less vitamin C and manganese than people who don't have the disease, a

ASTHMA DURING CHILDHOOD
Fortnightly Tenerife News, Spain - May 24, 2006 Asthma is, without a doubt, the most frequent chronic malady affecting children today, and, as such, can affect the quality of life of both the child and his

Hot Tub Lung Mistaken for Asthma, Bronchitis
About - News & Issues, NY - May 22, 2006 What is this condition that is causing doctors to misdiagnose patients with asthma and bronchitis? What could be causing coughing

Local Digest: Health center plans Texas Asthma Camp
News Journal, TX - May 25, 2006 TYLER Children who suffer from asthma don't have to miss out on summer camp. They also learn what triggers asthma and how to better manage it.

Doctors Developing Non-Drug Asthma Treatment
World Fitness, Canada - May 23, 2006 In an attempt to develop the first non-drug treatment for asthma suffers, doctors are snaking wires inside the lungs of patients to essentially burn off tissue