Archive for 2008/07


Potential New Drug Target To Fight Tuberculosis Identified

With antibiotic resistance on the rise, tuberculosis is emerging as a bigger global health threat than ever before. But now, innovative research at Weill Cornell Medical College suggests that Mycobacterium tuberculosis has an as yet unsuspected weakness -- one that could be a prime target for drug development. "Using novel techniques, we have identified a key membrane protein that's essential to the defense that M.
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07/30/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma - Respiratory / Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

APHA Urges House To Protect Health Of Americans By Passing Tobacco Legislation

Statement from Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, FACEP (E), Executive Director, American Public Health Association The American Public Health Association strongly urges U.S. House members to vote in support of pending legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate tobacco products.
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07/30/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma - Smoking / Quit Smoking | Trackback | Comments Off

GA2LEN Researchers Follow European Olympic Athletes To Beijing To Assess Diagnosis Rates Of Asthma And Allergies

GA2LEN centres will be following athletes selected for the Olympic Games 2008 to assess the prevalence and diagnosis rates of asthma and allergies among top athletes in summer sports. This study is the first pan-European study on allergy and asthma in athletes, designed as part of GA2LEN joint research activities on sports and allergic diseases.
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07/30/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma - Sports Medicine / Fitness | Trackback | Comments Off

NICE Short Clinical Guideline Published On Antibiotic Prescribing For Respiratory Tract Infections

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has published a short clinical guideline on appropriate prescribing of antibiotics for respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in adults and children in primary care. The guideline recommends that alternative prescription strategies are used for patients with RTIs who present in primary care and other first face-to-face contact healthcare settings such as emergency departments and walk-in centres.
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07/30/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma - Respiratory / Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Lung Inflammation From Influenza Could Be Turned Off With New Discovery

A new discovery could lead to treatments which turn off the inflammation in the lungs caused by influenza and other infections, according to a study published today in the journal Nature Immunology. The symptoms of influenza, such as breathlessness, weight loss and fever, are made much worse by the immune system responding in an exaggerated way to the virus, rather than by the virus itself.
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07/29/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Asthma UK At The Birmingham Eid Mela

This weekend Asthma UK will be teaming up with the British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK to host a health marquee at the Birmingham Eid Mela, providing information and support for people from the South Asian community. The marquee will be run by staff, health professionals and volunteers, many of whom have asthma themselves, and who will be on hand to provide advice, information and signposting services.
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07/29/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

The Viral Causes Of Recurrent And Prolonged Respiratory Illnesses In Infancy

Tuomas Jartti (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA) and his team examined detailed viral aetiologies of recurrent moderate-to-severe respiratory illnesses in 27 infants from families with allergies or asthma. The demographic and clinical data of these recurrently ill infants were compared with 258 children with fewer illnesses.
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07/29/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Respiratory Symptoms Among Bakers’ Apprentices: Are There Mechanisms Other Than Allergy?

It has previously been claimed that working as a baker involves, as a consequence, a great risk of evolving allergy and respiratory symptoms. The basis for this assumption was based on cross-sectional studies. In this study, undertaken by Tina Skjodt (Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark) and her team, bakers' apprentices were followed prospectively for three years to determine the sequence by which allergy, asthma and allergic rhinitis evolved.
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07/29/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Emphysema In Adulthood May Be Linked To Premature Birth

Babies born extremely prematurely may be left with lung abnormalities in adulthood, such as emphysema, Australian researchers have found. The study, funded by the Raine Foundation, followed up babies born up to four months premature in the 1980s and weighing as little as 635 g. All of the young adults taking part in the study had abnormal CT scans of their lungs.
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07/29/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Sleep Breathing Disturbances And Throat Inflammation

A significant proportion of the population (around 5% of men and 2% of women) experiences breathing difficulties during sleep. In most cases, these respiratory disturbances consist of periodic breathing obstructions followed by sudden short awakenings (up to 60 times per hour in severe cases). The patient suffering this disorder, technically called obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS), is not aware of his/her abnormal sleep.
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07/29/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma - Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia | Trackback | Comments Off

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