Archive for 2007/07


Children’s Hospital Study Shows Common Steroid Treatment Has No Benefit In Helping Sick Infants Breath Easier

DMC Children's Hospital of Michigan has found that a common steroid treatment often prescribed for kids with bronchiolitis has no impact on improving their symptoms or in reducing hospitalization. The research study findings appear in the New England Journal of Medicine. Prashant Mahajan, M.D., M.P.H, M.B. [click link for full article]
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07/26/2007 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Compliance With TB Treatment, Ventilatory Control

Patients with tuberculosis should be more involved in decisions about their treatment Tuberculosis (TB) is a major killer, causing up to two million deaths worldwide every year. Treatment takes many months and many patients fail to complete the course of drugs prescribed. Now a study published in PLoS Medicine casts new light on the difficulties patients face in trying to stick to the treatment they are given. [click link for full article]
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07/25/2007 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Key To Cinnamon Anti-viral Extract Found In The Bible, Says Israeli Researcher

For most of his professional life, Tel Aviv University professor Michael Ovadia focused on snakes and the medicinal properties of their venom. But seven years ago, after meditating on a biblical passage, Ovadia's career focus began to take a twist... a cinnamon twist to be exact. Today the spiritual scientist from TAU's Department of Zoology is commercializing a unique cinnamon extract that is touted to quell viral infections from HIV to the Avian flu. [click link for full article]
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07/25/2007 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine | Trackback | Comments Off

PA Health Department Confirms Hantavirus Case

The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed a diagnosis of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in a 40-year-old man who worked at a Boy Scout camp in Clearfield County. The man was seriously ill but he has recovered and has been discharged from the hospital. Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome causes a person's lungs to fill with fluid, making it difficult to breathe. [click link for full article]
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07/25/2007 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Safety Questioned When Combining Natural Health Products With Prescription Drugs

The adverse effects of using prescription drugs side by side with natural health products (NHP) are being under-reported, so the potential risks may be underestimated by health-care professionals and the public, a study from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada shows.A literature review and survey of 132 pharmacists revealed that while 47 per cent reported that they had encountered a patient with a suspected adverse event, only 1. [click link for full article]
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07/24/2007 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine | Trackback | Comments Off

AARC Members Network With Health Occupations Students At HOSA, USA

The respiratory care profession was ably represented at the recent Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) meeting in Orlando, FL, by a group led by AARC member Jeffery Ludy, EdD, RRT, program director of cardiopulmonary sciences at the University of Central Florida.Along with Melanie McDonough, MSHS, RRT, the program's director of clinical education, and six senior students-Alisha Augustine, Bruno Giannella, Antonio Vicens, Sejal Patel, Sheri Lorenzo, and Anais Gomez-Dr. [click link for full article]
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07/24/2007 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Reducing Inappropriate Antimicrobial Use In EDs Possible But Challenging, USA

The latest results from a study designed to reduce the inappropriate prescribing of antimicrobials in hospital emergency departments (EDs) describe some progress as well as challenges to achieving significant and consistent change. The Improving Antibiotic Use in Acute Care Treatment (IMPAACT) project is a four-year program involving EDs in 16 hospitals in eight U.S. cities. Initial results from the project have been published in emergency-medicine journals. [click link for full article]
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07/24/2007 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Scientists Find Evidence For Asthma And Obesity Link

Scientists at King's College London have discovered a protein that is known to increase appetite in cells which are closely associated with asthma. The research, which is funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could explain a suspected link between asthma and obesity. [click link for full article]
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07/24/2007 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Patients With Tuberculosis Should Be More Involved In Decisions About Their Treatment

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major killer, causing up to two million deaths worldwide every year. Treatment takes many months and many patients fail to complete the course of drugs prescribed. Now a study published in PLoS Medicine casts new light on the difficulties patients face in trying to stick to the treatment they are given. [click link for full article]
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07/24/2007 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

MedImmune Announces Interim Phase 1 Study Results For Potential Asthma Therapy

MedImmune, Inc. today announced the presentation of interim clinical study data suggesting that its monoclonal antibody (MAb) targeting the interleukin-5 (IL-5) receptor is well-tolerated and shows evidence of biological activity in a Phase 1 study of adults with mild asthma. [click link for full article]
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07/24/2007 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

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