Archive for 2008/02


New Tools To Diagnose, Prevent, And Treat TB, Europe

As part of our Scientific Support activities, ECDC is involved with catalyzing public health research. Our aim is to identify "directed" research needs (i.e. question- and need-based research goals) and to coordinate the application of results between key stakeholders. To achieve these goals, ECDC must keep abreast with state-of-the-art research in infectious disease control and prevention and support the mapping and networking of the different EU and global initiatives.
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02/26/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Researchers At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Studying Airway Bypass Treatment For Emphysema

Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center are participating in the EASE (Exhale Airway Stents for Emphysema) Trial, an international, multi-center clinical trial to explore an investigational treatment that may offer a new, minimally-invasive option for those suffering with advanced widespread emphysema.
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02/26/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

New Evidence Links Kava To Liver Damage

In recent years, serious concerns about the dangers of kava and the effects on the liver have resulted in regulatory agencies, such as the US Food and Drug Administration and Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration, banning or restricting the sale of kava and kava products.
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02/25/2008 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine | Trackback | Comments Off

New Generation Of Tobacco Products Threatens Efforts To Reduce Tobacco Use, Save Lives In U.S.

An insidious new generation of tobacco products is threatening efforts to reduce tobacco use in the United States. A new report issued by a coalition of public health organizations describes how tobacco manufacturers take advantage of the lack of government regulation to design and market products that recruit new youth users, create and sustain addiction to nicotine, and discourage current users from quitting.
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02/21/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Purdue Lab Works To Improve Conditions At Indoor Swimming Pools

Researchers at Purdue University have determined how certain airborne contaminants are created when chlorine reacts with sweat and urine in indoor swimming pools, a step toward learning how to reduce the formation of "volatile disinfection byproducts" that cause respiratory irritation. "Some indoor swimming pools seem to have a characteristic chlorine odor," said Purdue environmental engineering professor Ernest R. Blatchley III.
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02/20/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Advanced Life Sciences Announces Successful Thorough QT Study Of Cethromycin

Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADLS), announced positive results from Trial CL07-001, a thorough QT study of the Company's novel once-a-day oral antibiotic, cethromycin. This study was conducted to evaluate the cardiac safety of cethromycin and to enhance the safety database for the Company's upcoming New Drug Application (NDA) submission for cethromycin to treat community acquired pneumonia (CAP). The U.S.
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02/20/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Drug Reduces Airway Mucus In Preclinical Asthma Model

Inverseon, Inc. announces the publication of a rapid communication of groundbreaking research led by Professor Richard Bond of the University of Houston, Inverseon's Scientific Founder. In the March article by Nguyen, et. al.
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02/20/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Kodak Pledges Support For Asthma UK

Asthma UK is embarking on a new charity partnership with Kodak in 2008 and has accepted a generous contribution towards some of the charity's key projects to help children with asthma, including a Kick Asthma Junior 2K running event and the Kick Asthma website.
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02/19/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Sumatran Tigers Are Being Sold Into Extinction, Body Part By Body Part

Laws protecting the critically endangered Sumatran Tiger have failed to prevent tiger body parts being openly sold in Indonesia, according to a TRAFFIC report.Tiger body parts, including canine teeth, claws, skin pieces, whiskers and bones, were on sale in 10 percent of the 326 retail outlets surveyed during 2006 in 28 cities and towns across Sumatra. Outlets included goldsmiths, souvenir and traditional Chinese medicine shops, and shops selling antique and precious stones.
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02/16/2008 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine | Trackback | Comments Off

Formaldehyde Levels High In Emergency Mobile Homes In Gulf Coast Region, Says CDC

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and FEMA, levels of formaldehyde inside travel trailers and mobile homes used by emergency housing residents in the Gulf Coast Region are significantly higher than typical indoor levels. Dr. Julie Gerberding, CDC Director, said "These findings support FEMA's continued focus on finding permanent housing for everyone who has been living in travel trailers and mobile homes since the hurricanes.
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02/16/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

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