Asthma treatment

http://www.healasthma.com – . Patriot Ledger, The (Quincy, MA) – ASK THE DOCTOR Handling exercise-induced asthma Q – I worry that my son have exercise-induced asthma. He seems to get quite short of breath when he plays soccer. He’s never had asthma or problems with sports. What do you recommend? A – Exercise-induced asthma is common, affecting one in people. Symptoms include shortness of breath, wheezing, chest tightness and cough associated only with exercise. You can have exercise-induced asthma without a prior asthma history. People with asthma have these symptoms at rest, as… . Nurses for Simi schools ask for help on workload ByJake Finch Correspondent It was lucky Aileen Archibald happened to be teaching a health class last week at Hillside Middle School in Simi Valley when the call came about a student in trouble.By the time Archibald made it to the school’s athletic field, a young asthmatic girl was hyperventilating on the track, unable to move.Archibald, a Simi Valley Unified School District nurse, quickly determined the girl had been futilely inhaling from an almost empty inhaler… . LIFELINE, NEWS IN BRIEF Learn to live well with diabetes A free seminar on “Living With Diabetes” will be presented by the Independent Health Foundation from to p.m. Thursday in Greater Refuge Temple of Christ Church, Jefferson Ave. The program is open to everyone, not just Independent Health members.A physician and a registered dietitian will give advice on living with the disease and the role nutrition plays in controlling diabetes. The first people to arrive will… . Newsday (Melville, NY) – FDA CAPSULES BREASTFEEDING WOMEN WARNED ON DOMPERIDONE. The Food and Drug Administration is warning breastfeeding women not to use the unapproved drug domperidone to increase milk production. It is concerned about reported health risks associated with any use of the drug, including cardiac arrhythmias, cardiac arrest and sudden death. The FDA has sent letters to several pharmacies that were compounding products containing domperidone, warning them that the drug is illegal in the United States…. . Workshops set for this month The Microenterprise Development Program will hold two informal workshops on self-employment this month.The first workshop will be from to p.m. at the Happy Valley Community Center. The second is planned for to p.m. at the Anderson Veteran’s Hall.For more information or to reserve a seat, call – or e-mail mdp@scedd.org.Business provides breathing products The In Home Rx Program can provide breathing medications and nebulizers at… . Drug firm penalty largest ever, Schering-Plough to pay million Schering-Plough Corp. announced Friday that it had agreed to pay million to the federal government because of its repeated failure over the years to fix problems in manufacturing dozens of drugs at four of its factories. If approved by the U.S. District Court in Newark, N.J., the agreement would impose the highest financial penalty on a pharmaceutical company for failing to comply with federal manufacturing guidelines. In Abbott Laboratories paid million to settle… . By Karen Gangwere The Hutchinson News KENDALL — To stay financially afloat the past couple of months, Larry and Pam Miller of Kendall have had to “borrow from Peter to pay Paul.”Their prescription bills for son David run more than , a month.David, a second-grader at Syracuse, has cystic fibrosis, an inherited disease that causes the body to produce excessive amounts of thick mucus. Since early , he’s been battling a staph infection in his lungs that… . * SAFETY DEFECTS PROMPT GM, FORD RECALLS Safety defects have prompted a recall of more than General Motors, Ford and Saturn vehicles, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said.No accidents or injuries have been reported as a result of the defects, spokesmen said.GM said it is recalling Buick Century and Buick Regal models built between and . In some of the vehicles, a short circuit in the anti-lock brake system could cause a plastic fuel hose to overheat and leak,… . NEWS IN BRIEF In the Nation A Texas jury with no blacks was seated yesterday for the murder trial of a second white man charged in the dragging death of a black man. Jurors will hear opening arguments Monday in the case of Lawrence Russell Brewer, one of three white men arrested in the slaying of James Byrd Jr., , who was chained to a truck and dragged to pieces in Jasper last year in one of the grisliest racial crimes since the civil rights era.Federal salaries would rise in by . percent… . (Pleasanton, CA) – LAWSUIT ACCUSES SCHOOL OF HEALTH DISCRIMINATION A Livermore family has filed suit against a Dublin private school it claims turned away their son because he requires asthma medication.Lynn Alvarez said she thought the Fountainhead Montessori School would be a great place for her -year-old son, Jeremy.Alvarez and her husband looked at five or six schools before settling on Fountainhead because of its atmosphere and proximity to Jeremy’s grandparents, she said. Then a school administrator called in , saying a… –