The Montana Center for Work Physiology and Exercise Metabolism (Montana WPEM) will present a human clinical study at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, showing that wildland firefighters who consumed a yeast based (beta glucan) antioxidant supplement, Wellmune WGP®, had far fewer - 23 percent- upper respiratory tract infections, compared to a similar group of firefighters taking a placebo.Montana WPEM Director Brent C.
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The type of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients have may now influence their treatment regimen and, in turn, survival outcome according to the results of a major study published today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Publication of the study was announced by Eli Lilly and Company.
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The Global Cabin Air Quality Executive (GCAQE) is the leading organisation globally representing air crew with regard to cabin air quality, specifically contaminated air issues, consisting of over 20 organisations, representing 500,000 aviation workers globally.The GCAQE is pleased that the UK Government recognises there is an issue with aircraft air quality but believes action to protect the public is needed rather than further research.
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A presentation that demonstrates breathing exercises designed to help reduce the use of asthma inhalers is available to the general public for free from the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Asthma and Airways website.
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Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE), announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an approvable letter for the first-in-class antibiotic TYGACIL(R) (tigecycline) for the treatment of adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).
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Parents can play a crucial role in protecting their children's health, simply by not smoking in their presence. That is the message of a new joint position statement issued today by the Faculty of Public Health (FPH) and Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) ahead of this year's World No Tobacco Day (31 May), the theme of which is 'tobacco-free youth.
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The Institute for Progressive Medicine (IPM), a revolutionary medical clinic that emphasizes safe, natural and alternative treatments in combination with traditional medical techniques, announced the clinic's IV Therapies, including one of their most popular therapies - the Stress Drip.
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Alfacell Corporation (Nasdaq: ACEL) announced that the preliminary statistical analysis of data from its confirmatory Phase IIIb clinical trial of its lead compound, ONCONASE (ranpirnase), did not meet statistical significance for the primary endpoint of survival in unresectable malignant mesothelioma (UMM). However, a statistically significant improvement in survival was seen in the treatment of UMM patients who failed one prior chemotherapy regimen.
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Leading international experts on the asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma, will join meso patients, caregivers, loved ones and advocates to share the latest in treatment, research and clinical trials at the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation's International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma, 2008, Thursday, June 26 - Saturday, June 28 at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C.
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The awareness of the individual and societal burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) continues to increase. However, data on the impact of the disease in workers are scarce. Nicolas Roche (University René Descartes in Paris, France) and his colleagues studied 5,008 subjects visiting health prevention centres in France. Prevalence of airflow obstruction was 7.5%. A diagnosis of respiratory disease was reported for only 6.1% of these subjects.
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