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| California Whooping Cough Rate 7 Times Higher Than Last Year | Mon, 06 Sep 2010 |
| Latest reports, up to the end of August place the number of reported whooping cough (pertussis) cases in the state of California at 3,311, a seven-fold increase over the same period in 2009 when the figure reached 501 cases, says the California Department of Public Health. Health authorities estimate a state rate of 9.2 cases per 100,000 inhabitants... | |
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| What's Causing Life-Threatening Blood Clots Following Brain Surgery? | Sat, 04 Sep 2010 |
| One of the most severe complications of brain surgery is a life-threatening blood clot in the lungs called a pulmonary embolism. But a Loyola University Health System study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery suggests that screening methods hospitals typically use to access the risk of pulmonary embolisms may fall short... | |
| Value Of Oxygen Therapy In End-Of-Life Care Challenged By Study | Sat, 04 Sep 2010 |
| Millions of patients with advanced disease in palliative care settings receive oxygen therapy to help them breathe more easily. But a new study from Duke University Medical Center says roughly half of them don't benefit from the intervention, and among those who do benefit, it doesn't make a bit of difference whether they get pure oxygen or just plain old room air - both offer equal benefit... | |
| Protecting The Lungs Against 'Collateral Damage' From The Immune System | Sat, 04 Sep 2010 |
| A study published in the journal Science shows how our bodies try to minimise potential 'collateral damage' caused by our immune system when fighting infection. The research may also provide new clues to why cigarette smoke is a significant risk factor for developing diseases of the lung such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema... | |
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| Half Of Severe Asthma Cases In Children Are Not Untreatable; Just Follow The Basics | Fri, 03 Sep 2010 |
| Many youths appear resistant to treatment from the onset of a severe asthmatic condition. Why? Simply put, many have been wrongly diagnosed or caretakers have not followed asthma treatment guidelines properly. There is no one cure-all for this condition that is a chronic, or long-term lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways... | |
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| Comment On New Severe Asthma Research | Thu, 02 Sep 2010 |
| A study in the US has found a protein that could be a driver of severe asthma. Dr Elaine Vickers, Research Relations Manager at Asthma UK comments: 'Although this research is in its early stages and focuses solely on mouse models, this discovery provides vital new information on the immune system's role in severe asthma, that could one day lead to the creation of new treatments... | |
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| Police Did Not Help Girl With Asthma Who Subsequently Died | Wed, 01 Sep 2010 |
| Carmen Delgado was driving her asthma-suffering daughter Briana to hospital and crashed her car into another vehicle; police officer Alfonso Mendez told the mother he did not know CPR and could not help - leaving the girl to die. The New York Police Department, whose officers are ALL trained in CPR, has suspended Mendez without pay. The girl's funeral is scheduled for today... | |
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| Study Points To Genetic Driver Of Severe Asthma | Mon, 30 Aug 2010 |
| Scientists have identified a genetic basis for determining the severity of allergic asthma in experimental models of the disease. The study may help in the search for future therapeutic strategies to fight a growing medical problem that currently lacks effective treatments, researchers from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center report in the Aug. 29 Nature Immunology... | |
| Concern About Environmental Impact Of e-Waste Recycling | Mon, 30 Aug 2010 |
| Much of the world's electronic waste is being shipped to China for recycling and the cottage industry that has sprung up there to recover usable materials from computers, cell phones, televisions and other goods may be creating significant health and environmental hazards... | |
| In Cystic Fibrosis Patients, Vitamin D May Treat And Prevent Allergic Reaction To Mold | Sun, 29 Aug 2010 |
| Vitamin D may be an effective therapy to treat and even prevent allergy to a common mold that can cause severe complications for patients with cystic fibrosis and asthma, according to researchers from Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Louisiana State University School of Medicine. Results of the study, led by Jay Kolls, M.D., Ph.D... | |
| Asthma Symptoms And Attacks In Children Increased By Post-Katrina Mold | Fri, 27 Aug 2010 |
| The mold that spread like a rash across post-Katrina New Orleans did more than destroy homes - it made children with asthma sick. On the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, experts point to increased sensitivities to environmental asthma triggers as a risk for more severe asthma symptoms and attacks in hundreds of New Orleans children. Today the Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc... | |
| Lotus Pharmaceuticals Enter R-Bambuterol(R) Clinical Trial I | Fri, 27 Aug 2010 |
| Lotus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: LTUS) ("Lotus" or the "Company"), a growing developer, manufacturer and seller of medicine and drugs in the People's Republic of China (the "PRC"), announced that it has entered R-Bambuterol(R) Clinical Trial I on-schedule and is on-track to complete in six months... | |
| Second-Hand Smoke May Provoke Inflammatory Response In Lungs | Fri, 27 Aug 2010 |
| Second-hand smoke is associated with a number of diseases and conditions, including cancer, heart disease, and emphysema. It is an irritant to lung tissue and blood vessels, but the processes through which the body reacts to second-hand smoke comprise a mystery scientists are only beginning to unravel... | |
