Archive for 2006/08


United Research Laboratories/Mutual Pharmaceutical Company Announce ANDA Filing For Guaifenesin Extended-Release Tablets, 600 Mg And 1200 Mg

United Research Laboratories andMutual Pharmaceutical Company today announce that Mutual has filed anAbbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the Food and DrugAdministration (FDA), seeking approval to market Mutual's guaifenesinextended-release tablets, 600 mg and 1200 mg. Guaifenesin extended-releasetablets are currently marketed over-the-counter by Adams RespiratoryTherapeutics under the brand name Mucinex(R). [click link for full article]
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08/19/2006 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Asthma Linked To Increased Risk For Sleep Apnea In Young Women By Study

Researchers from the University of Cincinnati (UC) and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) have found that young women with asthma are twice as likely to have symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea--a condition that often goes undetected in women--compared with those who do not have asthma.The Cincinnati team found that about 21 percent of young adult women with asthma experienced habitual snoring, the primary symptom of obstructive sleep apnea. [click link for full article]
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08/18/2006 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

The Asthma And Allergy Foundation Of America And The HealthCentral Network To Develop Enhanced Internet Resources For Patients

The Asthma andAllergy Foundation of America (http://www.aafa.org) and The HealthCentralNetwork (http://www.TheHealthCentralNetwork.com), a Choice Media Division,announce that they will work together to create a new online resource forindividuals with asthma and allergic disorders. [click link for full article]
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08/18/2006 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Panel Appointed To Help Improve Lung Disease Services, UK

Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) will be offered more choice and improved standards of care thanks to a newly appointed panel advising on the development of a National Service Framework.Secretary of State Patricia Hewitt annouced the NSF in June saying that, for patients with diseases such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis, the proposal would provide more choice in treatment, reduce inequalities in care, and improve standards. [click link for full article]
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08/17/2006 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

TB Causes Deaths Of More Than 60% Of People Living With AIDS In India

Tuberculosis causes the deaths of more than 60% of people living with AIDS in India, according to statistics from the country's National AIDS Control Organization, the Times of India reports. [click link for full article]
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08/15/2006 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

FDA Warns Three Pharmacies About Making Own Versions Of Brand-Name Drugs For Asthma, Other Respiratory Ailments

FDA in a press release Thursday said that it has warned three large pharmacies that they are in violation of federal law by producing and distributing unapproved "compounded" inhalation drugs, USA Today reports. [click link for full article]
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08/15/2006 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Glade(R) Products Do Not Contain Ingredient Reported By The U.S. National Institutes Of Health That Are Suspected Of Affecting Lung Function

Today SC Johnson stated onceagain that none of its products contain the chemical ingredient 1,4dichlorobenzene (1,4 DCB). This chemical has been the subject of a studydone by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).The study, published in the August 2006 issue of the journal EnvironmentalHealth Perspectives suggested exposure to 1,4 DCB (also known asparadichlorobenzene or pDCB) may cause modest reductions in lung function. [click link for full article]
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08/15/2006 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Why Colds Make Asthma Patients Have Severe Attacks?

We now know why catching the common cold makes it more probable that asthma patients have severe attacks, say researchers from Imperial College London and the Medical Research Council Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma. The findings could lead the way to prevent asthma attacks during a cold. You can read about this latest research in the journal Nature.A recent survey carried out by Asthma UK found that 90% of people said colds and flu triggered their asthma. [click link for full article]
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08/14/2006 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Transcendental Meditation Reduces The Brain’s Reaction To Pain

Twelve healthy long-term meditators who had been practicing Transcendental Meditation for 30 years showed a 40-50% lower brain response to pain compared to 12 healthy controls, reported by a latest NeuroReport journal article, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (Vol.17 No.12; 21 August 2006:1359-1363). Further, when the 12 controls then learned and practiced Transcendental Meditation for 5 months, their brain responses to pain also decreased by a comparable 40-50%. [click link for full article]
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08/14/2006 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine | Trackback | Comments Off

Monitoring Study Will Complement Previously Announced Clinical Development Program Of A Test For Diagnosing Tuberculosis

Xenomics, Inc. (OTCBulletin Board: XNOM; FWB:XE7), the source of next-generation medical DNAdiagnostic technologies, today announced patient enrollment has begun atItaly's National Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani"for a tuberculosis monitoring study using Xenomics' proprietary TransrenalDNA (Tr-DNA) diagnostic technology. [click link for full article]
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08/14/2006 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

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