Yoga is commonly seen as a practice beneficial to body and mind. Increasingly, yoga is being taken a step further and applied as a form of complementary and alternative medicine in treating psychiatric disorders…

Pearl Therapeutics Inc. announced positive results from a randomized, double-blind, Phase 2b, dose-ranging study of its formoterol fumarate metered dose inhaler (FF MDI; PT005), a long-acting beta-2 agonist (LABA) compared to placebo and Foradil® Aerolizer® in patients with moderate-to-severe COPD…

Depending on the age of asthmatic children, on their exposure to molds or dampness in their bedroom, and on the severity of their asthma, vitamin C has greater or smaller beneficial effect against asthma, according to a study published in the Clinical and Translational Allergy…

The death rate among patients prescribed a statin in a major trial that ended in 2003 is still lower than those given a placebo, even though most participants in both groups have been taking statins ever since…

Tropical plants may contain the basis of new and effective treatments for ovarian cancer, according to researchers at the Universities of Strathclyde and Portsmouth. The scientists are developing a programme for testing plant extracts for the ability to stop cells from ovarian tumours growing. In initial tests, several plant extracts killed the tumour samples, taken from cancer patients…

Stem cells derived from human amniotic fluid hold promise hAECs used to successfully treat animal models of lung disease Two papers published in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (20:6), now freely available on-line http://www.ingentaconnect…

Wheezy toddlers who have a sensitivity to house dust mites are more at risk of developing asthma by the age of 12, a University of Melbourne led study has shown. Children aged one two years with a family history of allergy, who had a positive skin prick test to house dust mites, had a higher risk of developing asthma later in life…

A common antibiotic added to the usual treatment plan for some patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease can reduce acute exacerbations sudden onsets of worsened cough, wheezing and labored breathing and improve quality of life, according to findings from the COPD Clinical Research Network reported in the Aug. 25, 2011, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine…

All the excitement about nanotechnology comes down to this: Structures of materials at the scale of billionths of a meter take on unusual properties…

Scientific studies into oxytocin, a hormone that produces feelings of contentment after an orgasm, have inspired researchers from The Australian National University to investigate new therapies for small-cell lung cancer, the most common cause of cancer death in Australia…