Asthma - Pregnancy and asthma

Pregnancy and asthma
Hindu, India - Apr 29, 2006 THE widespread prescribing of steroid inhalers for asthma during pregnancy naturally causes concern about the safety of these drugs.

Online test for sufferers of asthma
Glasgow Evening Times, UK - May 2, 2006 ASTHMA sufferers are today being asked to fill in a questionnaire as part of World Asthma Day. More than 390,000 people in Scotland

New Study Finds Keys to Success for Asthma Programs
NewsBlaze, CA - May 2, 2006 Asthma programs that address environmental triggers work best when closely connected to front-line health care providers and local communities, according to an

Ten crore asthma patients in India
Newindpress (subscription), India - May 3, 2006 DAVANAGERE: With increasing pollution, nearly ten crore people in our country suffer from asthma and allergies, said Dr.NH Krishna, asthma and allergic

Asthma - Police destroy stray pit bull after attack

Police destroy stray pit bull after attack
Tribune Chronicle - WARREN It took Warren police five shots to kill a stray pit bull believed to have attacked three members of the same family seriously injuring two since Monday. Thursday s early morning attack on Mark Penn sent the 39-year-old Fifth

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Wausau Daily Herald - * Injured woman: Police continue to investigate an accident in which a Wausau woman was run over by her own car. The woman, whose name has not be made public, was hospitalized with head, chest and hip injuries. * Weston theft: A former employee of

Study Reveals Vioxx Related Heart Attacks Can Occur Within The First
YubaNet - A quarter of patients who suffered a heart attack while taking Vioxx did so within the first two weeks of taking the drug, a new study published by MUHC investigators reveals. The research, scheduled for early online publication in the Canadian

By Matt Whetstone, Cadillac News
Cadillac News - An after-hours clinic, located at 302 Hobart in Cadillac, will open in the next month or two. It will have afternoon and night hours, seven days a week. CADILLAC - Ideally, a major health-care need for the area will be fulfilled by Memorial Day. In

Asthma - The chronic problem with asthma

The chronic problem with asthma
Lancashire Evening Telegraph, UK - May 2, 2006 Experts today marked World Asthma Day by urging people to be aware of the causes of the disease. They said smoking and poor housing

Volleyball star speaks out for World Asthma Day
Mississauga News, Canada - Apr 30, 2006 Casimir, a lawyer and former Canadian beach volleyball star, will be the keynote speaker Tuesday, as Credit Valley Hospital (CVH) recognizes World Asthma Day.

Lung cancer - Want to be healthier? Move to Britain

Want to be healthier? Move to Britain
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Source: Journal of the American Medical Association Compared with the British, white, middle-aged Americans are substantially less healthy, according to a study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Pick the disease

Sick America
WPVI - CHICAGO (AP) - May 2, 2006 - White, middle-aged Americans - even those who are rich - are far less healthy than their peers in England, according to stunning new research that erases misconceptions and has experts scratching their heads. Americans

Summary Box: White Americans far less healthy than English peers
Belleville News-Democrat - DIAGNOSIS: White, middle-aged Americans are sicker than their counterparts in England when it comes to diabetes, heart disease, stroke, cancer and lung disease, a study shows. WHY? Experts are scratching their heads over this one. Some point to

Chest health - Treating Esophageal Cancer

Treating Esophageal Cancer
WSOCtv.com, NC - Apr 28, 2006 Surgery Traditionally, surgery for esophageal cancer requires an incision into the chest. Surgeon, John Hunter, MD, of Oregon Health & Science University and

Yankton's Medical History
Yankton Daily Press, SD - Apr 30, 2006 Through the years, health-care was been an important element as the town grew from drained more than eight quarts of the foul liquid from his patient's chest.

Concern over mine safety
Calcutta Telegraph, India - Apr 30, 2006 were chest physician, SR Kamat, GM medical Services, Hyderabad Industries Limited VC Rao and senior deputy director, National Institute of Occupational Health

Q: What Scares Doctors? A: Being the Patient
TIME - 11 hours ago More than 1 in 3 doctors in a 2002 survey by the Harvard School of Public Health reported errors in their "He was flailing and arching his knees to his chest.

Mangalore: News at Noon Apr 30
Daijiworld.com, India - Apr 30, 2006 The department of chest and allergy will give free consultation to all by Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) in association with World Health Organisation and

Asthma - Asthma sufferer finds relief at last in preventive inhaler

Asthma sufferer finds relief at last in preventive inhaler
The South African Star (subscription), South Africa - 3 hours ago The 14-year-old, from Senaoane in Soweto, is one of thousands of children in South Africa who live with the effects of chronic asthma.

Telithromycin Effective Treatment for Asthma - Study Found
Best Syndication, CA - Apr 17, 2006 London researchers say that the antibiotic, telithromycin, can hasten the recovery time of patients who have had asthma attacks by three days, as will reduce

Skyepharma targets asthma market
BBC News, UK - Apr 19, 2006 UK drug firm SkyePharma has seen net annual losses increase, but hopes a new asthma drug will boost future results. The company

Asthmatx: a New Approach to Asthma
International News Service, Australia - Apr 19, 2006 Asthmatx, a venture-funded med tech firm from California, has developed a new device to treat asthma by reducing the smooth muscle lining of the airways.

Mangalore: News at Noon Apr 30
Daijiworld.com, India - 22 hours ago Mangalore: KMC Hospital will be organising a free Asthama camp as part of World Asthma Day on May 2 at KMC Attavar. The World Asthma

Asthma - Cambridge firefighter dies of lung cancer

Cambridge firefighter dies of lung cancer
Boston Globe, United States - Apr 12, 2006 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. --Veteran firefighter William Cochran has died of complications of lung cancer, the Cambridge Fire Department announced Wednesday. He was 57.

Reports Focus on Cold War Nuke Testing Fallout
Yokwe, CA - 13 hours ago It found a significant increase in the number of deaths from, and cases of, cancers of the lip, oral cavity and pharynx, lung cancer, colorectal cancer and

Lost molecule key to lung cancer
BBC News, UK - Apr 15, 2006 The loss of a single type of protein molecule may play a key role in the development of 75% of the most common kind of lung cancer, research suggests.

Roche files Avastin in US for lung cancer
Reuters - Apr 11, 2006 Switzerland's Roche has filed for approval in the United States its Avastin cancer drug for treatment of the most widespread form of lung cancer, the drug