Archive for 2006/12


City Kids With Asthma Lose Out On Preventive Treatment

A new study by specialists at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and elsewhere suggests that only one in five inner-city children with chronic asthma gets enough medicine to control dangerous flare-ups of the disease.The findings, reported in December's Pediatrics, are disturbing, the researchers say, because preventive therapy failure leads to over-reliance on fast-acting "rescue" drugs after an asthma attack strikes and to more complications and increased risk of death. [click link for full article]
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12/10/2006 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Researchers Make Progress Against Often Overlooked, Deadly Lung Disease Attacking Women In Their Childbearing Years

Researchers are advancing against a rare, deadly lung disease (related to hormones) that no one had even heard of a decade ago. The disease targets only women, striking them down during their childbearing years. It can be triggered by pregnancy, progresses rapidly, and often results in death within ten years. [click link for full article]
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12/10/2006 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

City Kids With Asthma Lose Out On Preventive Treatment

A new study by specialists at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and elsewhere suggests that only one in five inner-city children with chronic asthma gets enough medicine to control dangerous flare-ups of the disease.The findings, reported in December's Pediatrics, are disturbing, the researchers say, because preventive therapy failure leads to over-reliance on fast-acting 'rescue' drugs after an asthma attack strikes and to more complications and increased risk of death. [click link for full article]
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12/07/2006 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Platelets Key To Acute Lung Injury

Acute lung injury (ALI) is a relatively common life-threatening condition that can be caused by sepsis, trauma, and acid aspiration, which can be a complication of general anesthesia. Currently there are no good therapies for the treatment of ALI, but a study appearing in the December issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation has identified new potential therapeutic targets for the treatment of individuals with ALI. [click link for full article]
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12/06/2006 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

New Recommendations For The Diagnosis Of Pulmonary Embolism

Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism (PE) is a challenging process. Because PE is only present in about one-third of those in whom it is suspected, the diagnosis must be confirmed or excluded by further testing. In an article in the December issue of The American Journal of Medicine, researchers describe the diagnostic pathways that can be used to achieve an accurate and safe diagnosis of PE. [click link for full article]
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Mayo Clinic Develops Medical Device That Reduces The Need For Invasive Surgical Biopsy Procedures

Mayo Clinic announced last week that it has developed a new medical device that will help patients control their breathing (respiratory motion) when undergoing computed tomographic (CT) fluoroscopy-guided biopsies. The Interactive Breath-hold Control will be the first medical device of its kind in the world. The device will allow physicians to more rapidly and accurately diagnose patients reducing the need for a more invasive surgical biopsy. [click link for full article]
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12/06/2006 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Pulmonary Hypertension Patients Improve From Combination Therapy

For patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), adding inhaled iloprost to treatment with bosentan - two different classes of drugs often used individually to treat PAH - increases exercise capability, reduces clinical deterioration and, in some cases, improves diagnostic functional class by one stage. [click link for full article]
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12/06/2006 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Southern California Wildfires Pose Health Risks To Children

In October of 2003, multiple wildfires raged throughout Southern California. Now, researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) report that residents without asthma in wildfire-endangered regions suffered as much as those with asthma.The findings appear in the Dec. 1 print issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. The study is the subject of the journal's cover story and is accompanied by an editorial written by Sverre Vedal, M. [click link for full article]
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12/05/2006 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Magnets May Pose Serious Risks For Patients With Pacemakers And ICDs

Magnets may interfere with the operation of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), according to a study published in the December 2006 edition of Heart Rhythm.Researchers found that while common magnets for home and office use, with low magnetic strength posed little risk, stronger magnets made from neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) may cause interference with cardiac devices and pose potential hazards to patients. [click link for full article]
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12/04/2006 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine | Trackback | Comments Off

Clues To How Diet Affects The Immune System: Do Healthy Bodies Help Fight Disease?

"This study may help explain the link between dietary fat consumption and inflammation and could be one of the critical links between metabolism and immune responses," says senior author Professor Charles Mackay, Director of Sydney's Garvan Institute's Immunology Program.Our intake of fats (fatty acids) has changed dramatically over the last thirty years. [click link for full article]
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12/04/2006 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

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