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http://www.healasthma.com past six monthsthe past twelve months Search Hint Connecting terms with AND narrows your search to give more precise results …more on search operators - ASTHMA DRUG BE OVERUSED & HARMFUL ROBERT SIEGEL, host For people with asthma, the difference between life and death can be a deep breath of a drug that opens up the lung’s passages during an asthma attack. These inhalants, called beta agonists, are the most widely used asthma drug in the United States. But a study in today’s New England Journal of Medicine shows that people who overuse these drugs be putting their lives in jeopardy. NPR’s Richard Harris has the story.RICHARD… Study Hints At Danger In Asthma Drug NEW YORK - A pharmaceutical company has told federal regulatory officials about a new report suggesting that excessive use of the most widely prescribed asthma drugs, beta- agonists, increase the risk of fatal asthma attacks.Officials of the U.S. subsidiary of Boehringer Ingelheim of Germany said in an interview last week that the company recently wrote a confidential letter to the Food and Drug Administration alerting it to the preliminary results of the company-sponsored study in… EDITORIAL Furthermore … Toll Road operators, state police should get on same page Perhaps the biggest difference between a state-operated highway and one run by private business lies in the mission Private businesses must make money. Government provides the roads as a service.Whether the cause was profit motive or simple miscommunication is unclear, but the acting commander of the Indiana State Police Toll Road post ordered the entire road closed early last Friday morning because of icy conditions that… . Register-Herald, The (Beckley, WV) - Our Readers Speak, Saturday, Dec. , Hospitals protecting patients, visitors This letter is respectfully written in reply to Lenora Tolliver’s letter in regard to her right to smoke in a designated area at area hospitals. While I respect Ms. Tolliver’s right to smoke, I would also like to shed light on another perspective in this issue.My son was born three months prematurely and has asthma, among other health problems. Just a small amount of exposure to cigarette smoke will make him so ill that he needs nebulizer breathing treatments… . wire (USA) - AANMA Provides Commentary to FDA Advisory Committees Reviewing Benefit-Risk Assessment of Hour Bronchodilators PRNewswire-USNewswire — Nancy Sander, president and founder of Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA) today urged committee members to preserve patient access to all forms of -hour bronchodilators at a joint meeting of the Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee, Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee and Pediatric Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration held in Rockville, MD. Sander also requested the committee use caution in… . Leg rash cause a mystery Q I am years old and have COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). My problem is that I suffer from a rash on my legs from the knees down. My doctor says it doesn’t look like eczema, but like blood under the skin.I had my blood checked to see if it is too thin, but that test was negative. A thyroid test was slightly low, but I haven’t talked to my doctor about that yet to see if there is a connection. My medications are Spiriva, Leg rash cause a mystery Q I am years old and have COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). My problem is that I suffer from a rash on my legs from the knees down. My doctor says it doesn’t look like eczema, but like blood under the skin.I had my blood checked to see if it is too thin, but that test was negative. A thyroid test was slightly low, but I haven’t talked to my doctor about that yet to see if there is a connection. My medications are Spiriva,… Living Cause of leg rash remains a mystery Q. I am years old and have COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). My problem is that I suffer from a rash on my legs from the knees down. My doctor says it doesn’t look like eczema, but like blood under the skin. I had my blood checked to see if it is too thin, but that test was negative. A thyroid test was slightly low, but I haven’t talked to my doctor about that yet to see if there is a connection. My… . HOSPITAL TARGETS ASTHMA IN CHILDREN Nathaniel Perez is typical of many children who are served by the Children’s Hospital Primary Care Center in Turtle Creek.He has asthma, a chronic lung disorder.Now , Nathaniel developed wheezing and a runny nose as an infant.”I took him to the emergency room three times a year,” said his mom, Susan Adams, , of North Versailles. “Overnight, his eyes would just glaze over.”Now if he coughs, I rub him with Vicks… . Miami woman gets � years in fraud Marianela Smith, owner of Smith Medical Equipment in Miami, has been sentenced to � years in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. Smith, whose maiden name was Gutierrez Lebrigio, was convicted after an trial on five charges involving kickbacks to Medicare beneficiaries to create false claims for unneeded aerosol medications, which are rapidly becoming one of the most pervasive healthcare frauds in South Florida.During the seven-day… . Man convicted of Medicare fraud A jury today convicted Ricardo R. Aguera, also known as Pichi, owner of three Miami durable medical equipment companies, of defrauding Medicare of millions of dollars, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced this afternoon. Four other defendants — Ivan Aguera, Robert Berenguer, Aristides Berenguer and Carlos Berenguer — entered guilty pleas to all counts prior to trial.Co-conspirator pharmacy owners, Henry Gonzalez and Alfonso Rodriguez, billed the Medicare program for… -