Peace Bridge link to asthma myth busted

Idling traffic at the Peace Bridge is not causing health problems according to a report by the New York State Department of Transportation.
A study was completed after there were complaints from residents in the area of the customs plaza on the American side of the Peace Bridge, who felt the exhaust from cars and trucks waiting to enter the U.S. was leading to increased cases of asthma and other health issues......

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No Significant Difference in Asthma Control Across Three Approaches to Adjust Medication Dose in Mild Asthma

Bethesda, Maryland--(ENEWSPF)--September 14, 2012.  A study comparing three common approaches to periodically adjust the dosage of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) for people with mild asthma has found no detectable differences in how often a person's asthma worsened. The methods examined in this study were a patient-guided modification based on symptoms, an assessment made by an examining physician, or the results of a breath test to measure inflammation......

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Can GPS Tracking Reduce Asthma Attacks?

About 25 million Americans suffer from asthma, but everyone’s triggers are different. Some people start wheezing when they’re around household pets or spend too long in a dusty basement. Others get attacks severe enough to send them to the emergency room after inhaling tobacco smoke or air pollution. The chronic respiratory condition, which inflames airways and makes it difficult to breathe, costs Americans about $50 billion a year in public health costs......

Information at fastcoexist.com

No significant difference in asthma control across three approaches to adjust medication dose in mild asthma

A study comparing three common approaches to periodically adjust the dosage of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) for people with mild asthma has found no detectable differences in how often a person's asthma worsened. The methods examined in this study were a patient-guided modification based on symptoms, an assessment made by an examining physician, or the results of a breath test to measure inflammation.....

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Researcher decries asthma rates near Peace Bridge

A local medical researcher Wednesday said already alarming rates of asthma and other respiratory diseases among residents of Buffalo's densely populated West Side would be made worse by increased truck traffic resulting from an expansion of the toll plaza near the Peace Bridge.....

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Sport key to controlling asthma

Chronic asthma is a motivator not a barrier to competing in the Ironman New Zealand, Alistair Harsant says.
The Glenfield father of one plans to swim 3.8 kilometres, bike 180km and run 42km in Taupo next March in his quest to raise $10,000 for the Asthma Foundation.....

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How childhood virus leads to adult asthma

The normal immunity babies receive from breast milk is disabled by a common childhood virus, raising the risk of developing allergic asthma later in life.....

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For Mild Asthma, Daily Steroids May Not Be Needed, Study Says

TUESDAY, Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of people with mild to moderate asthma are routinely prescribed daily inhaled steroid medications to control the disease, but a new study suggests that may not be necessary.....

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Mild-to-moderate asthma sufferers may not benefit from daily dose of steroids

(CBS News) A new study shows that mild-to-moderate asthma sufferers may not need a daily dose of steroids, information that may revolutionize treatment for people with the disease.....

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Study Questions Daily Asthma Meds

Millions of patients with asthma may not need to take their medicine every day after all.
Nearly 25 million people in the United States suffer from asthma, and many of them use an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) medicine two times per day, every day, to prevent asthma symptoms. Unlike albuterol, a medicine that opens the airways and is used only to treat symptoms or asthma attacks, patients on inhaled corticosteroids are told to use this medicine even when they are not having symptoms.....

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Three Approaches Equal for Asthma Med Adjustment

When it comes to adjusting the dose of inhaled corticosteroids for better asthma control, periodic physician assessment was as good a gauge as using a biomarker or day-to-day symptom occurrence, researchers found.....

Information at medpagetoday.com



Adult Asthma: Some people may be able to cut back on medication

September 11, 2012 (WLS) -- Many Americans with mild to moderate asthma are prescribed inhaled corticosteroids to be taken twice a day. That's the recommendation of the current US National Institutes of Health guidelines.....

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Exercise may improve asthma symptoms

Asthma patients may not have to shun exercise for fear of exacerbating their symptoms, a new study suggests. In fact, exercise could improve their symptoms and quality of life, according to research reported at the European Respiratory Society's annual conference in Vienna, Austria.....

Source at health24.com



Children who use steroids for asthma may be shorter than their peers as adults

THE QUESTION Steroid medications taken for asthma can cause growth to slow in children who have not reached puberty. Is this lasting, or might the children catch up by the time they reach their adult height?.....

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AllerMates adds asthma alert wristband to kid-friendly line

MONTVALE, N.J. — A line of kid-friendly health and allergy alert accessories has expanded to include a new product.....

Information at drugstorenews.com

Poojapura prisoner dies of asthma

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A prisoner at the Poojapura central prison, who was suffering from asthma, died here on Sunday.
The deceased has been identified as Sasidharan (52), hailing from Mynagapally in Kollam district. Sasidharan was jailed after being accused in a liquor case.....

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Crippling viral infections 'cause asthma'

Viral infections in newborns "cripple" part of the immune system and increase the risk of asthma later in life, US researchers studying mice have said.....

Keep reading at bbc.co.uk



Teva sues Perrigo over ProAir asthma inhaler patents

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) unit Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D Inc. has filed patent infringement suit with the US District Court for the District of Delaware against Perrigo Company (Nasdaq:PRGO; TASE:PRGO) and Catalent Pharma Solutions Inc. over their joint generic version of the generic version of ProAir HFA aerosol inhaler. Perrigo and Catelent partner filed an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the asthma treatment on Friday.....

Information at globes.co.il

Amy: Mom's smoking triggers asthma

Dear Amy: Three years ago I became very sick with an upper respiratory infection. The illness was bad enough to damage my lungs, leaving an asthmatic condition that has me on a daily steroid inhaler and a rescue inhaler for when my lungs close up.....

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Asthma treatment users a little bit shorter

Adults who took inhaled steroids as children to control their asthma may be shorter than they otherwise would have been, but only by a little, U.S. researchers said.....

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Lifeboat aids asthma sufferer

Lifeboat and coastguard crews have helped a woman suffering an asthma attack on board a boat in Bembridge Harbour.....

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