Asthma drug Singulair linked to suicidality

World sales of Merck's blockbuster asthma drug, Singulair, were about $5 billion a year until last year when its patent expired in the United States. But the drug also has a darkening cloud over it. The Australian medicine watchdog has received 58 reports of adverse psychiatric events in children and teenagers taking Singulair since 2000 and reports have also surfaced in the US......

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World Asthma Day tomorrow

World Asthma Day will be observed tomorrow (Tuesday) across the world including Pakistan to raise awareness of asthma and improve asthma care throughout the world.
World Asthma Day takes place each year on the first Tuesday in May. Organised by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) to improve asthma awareness and care around the world. The Day 2013 theme is “You Can Control Your Asthma.” However, this year GINA will also introduce a sub-theme, “It’s Time to Control Asthma.” People encourage activity organizers around the world to complete the sentence, “It’s Time to...” as relevant to their event and target audience......

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Few signups, so asthma Olympics canceled

Organizers of the Lancaster Asthma Olympics took a breather this year.
The event, sponsored by the American Lung Association, was scheduled Sunday afternoon at the Lancaster Rec Center, 525 Fairview Ave.

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