Archive for 2008/03


UK Doctors Given Green Light To Use Combination Inhalers - GlaxoSmithKline Welcomes NICE Guidance For Adults With Chronic Asthma

GlaxoSmithKline welcomes NICE guidance issued on Wednesday 26th March, which recommends combination treatments such as Seretide® (salmeterol/fluticasone propionate) as an option for adults, needing both an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) and a long-acting beta2 agonist (LABA) to control their asthma.
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03/27/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

GE Healthcare Completes Acquisition Of VersaMed Corporation - Acquisition Expands GE Healthcare’s Respiratory Care Offering

Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), announced that it has completed the acquisition of VersaMed Corporation, a provider of portable critical care ventilators for respiratory care. VersaMed's innovative product offering will expand GE Healthcare's capabilities in respiratory care management, offering healthcare professionals a wide choice of unique advanced life support ventilators to meet a variety of patient needs and care settings.
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03/27/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Long-term Use Of Mechanical Ventilation Contributes To The Deterioration Of Human Diaphragm Muscle

A new study by University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine shows, for the first time in humans, that ventilators combined with diaphragm disuse contributes to muscle atrophy in the diaphragm in as little as eighteen hours. Muscle atrophy in the diaphragm is a major contributor of why patients who have undergone prolonged mechanical ventilation often have difficulty breathing after being removed from the ventilator.
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03/27/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Reduced Lung Capacity Accelerates With Diabetes

People who have diabetes encounter a faster loss of lung capacity than those who do not have diabetes, a finding that may have implications for the potential use of inhaled insulin, according to a study appearing in the April issue of Diabetes Care.
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03/27/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Medical Students Ask Congress To Increase Funding For Infectious Diseases

In commemoration of World Tuberculosis Day, the American Medical Student Association (AMSA), the nation's largest, independent medical student organization, is joining Families USA to call on Congress to increase funding to combat infectious diseases. The President's current FY 2009 budget shortchanges both the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC), two major agencies conducting global health research that affects millions worldwide.
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03/25/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Cedars-Sinai Pulmonologist Offers Commonsense Advice On Coping With A Prolific Allergy Season In California

California's generous winter rains have set the stage for a spectacularly lush spring-and a potentially severe allergy season, says Zab Mosenifar, M.D., medical director, Women's Guild Lung Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. "The trails are magnificent," notes the longtime mountain runner, who just completed his 26th Catalina Marathon. "I'd never seen the flowers I saw along the Santa Monica trails this season. The landscape is absolutely luscious.
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03/25/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

The Eclipse Study To Better Understand COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the only major cause  of death that is currently on the increase. As there is no cure,  continued research into the disease and its treatment options is  required. Treatment of COPD is not straightforward, as there are many  subtypes of the disease and we lack methods of identifying these and  ways to measure progression of disease.
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03/25/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Pharmacist Advice Improves Asthma Control

In the PHARMACI study (Pharmaceutical Care for Asthma Control Improvement), Els Mehuys (Ghent University, Belgium) and colleagues evaluated the impact of pharmacist advice on symptom control of adult asthma patients. This study, which was a randomised controlled trial conducted on 201 patients, shows significant improvements in the therapeutic outcomes of patients receiving pharmacist advice.
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03/25/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Milk Powder Production: Is A New Occupational Disease Emerging?

Occupational exposure to milk powder inhalation increases the risk of respiratory complaints, including wheezing, breathlessness and nasal symptoms, and reduces lung function. So reveals an original study undertaken in a Thai baby milk factory by a British team, due to be published in the forthcoming issue of the European Respiratory Journal (ERJ), the peer-reviewed publication of the European Respiratory Society (ERS).
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03/25/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

The International Union Against Tuberculosis And Lung Disease Commemorates “World TB Day”

Within the Stop TB Partnership, The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, known as The Union, an international organisation established in 1920 to fight TB and promote lung health worldwide, commemorates World TB Day, an annual occasion to invite people to actively participate in the fight against Tuberculosis.
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03/25/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

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