Asthma treatment

http://www.healasthma.com – . (Walnut Creek, CA) – GIRL’S DEATH STUNS CONCORD COMMUNITY POOL, SARAH DENISTON, , WAS A SWIMMER IN ONE OF THE MORE ADVANCED GROUPS CONCORD — Sarah Deniston had just completed swimming a -meter lap and pushed off the wall on her way back to the other side when a lifeguard noticed she had stopped moving.The girl’s swimming instructor pulled the -year-old out of the pool and immediately began CPR.Within moments, paramedics arrived and continued the efforts, which were then taken over by ambulance personnel. Medical personnel at nearby Mt. Diablo Medical Center continued to try to revive the girl, but… . Hamilton Spectator, The (Ontario, Canada) – Asthmatics’ DNA differences predict drugs’ effectiveness Scientists report they have discovered personal DNA differences that predict which asthma patients will benefit from a certain drug before they take it, and they are calling the discovery a key demonstration of how genetic information is opening a new medical era.Researchers said it’s the first example of “personalized medicine” made possible by the decoding of the human genome. They added in the not too distant future doctors will be able to match… . Newsday (Melville, NY) – Personalized Medicine Gets One Step Closer Washington-In a step toward an age of “personalized medicines,” researchers have found gene variations that affect the way individual asthma sufferers respond to a drug widely used to control acute attacks.Out of thousands of variations in a gene, the researchers said they have identified that determine how well asthma patients respond to albuterol, a drug commonly used to prevent or to control acute attacks.The study appears today in the Proceedings of the… ONLY ONE TREATMENT HELPS ADVANCED EMPHYSEMA Q. I’ve been suffering with emphysema for many years. Is there any cure for it? -C.G., Columbia, S.C.A. Conventional thinking has been that the destruction of one’s lungs that we see in emphysema is permanent and irreversible.All we have at present is “damage control” with inhalers such as Albuterol or Atrovent to allow air to better get to the small airways; steroid inhalers such as Aerobid or Vanceril; steroid pills; new nonsteroid… Sepracor targets research Sepracor Inc. said yesterday that it will sell million in unsecured debt to fund research and pay for the hiring of a -person sales force to sell a new anti-asthma drug.The Marlboro company is increasing its head count to about from to sell levalbuterol, a version of the popular drug albuterol.Sepracor expects the drug to win Food and Drug Administration approval in the fall.The company also said it will work with a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson to… . The San Diego Union-Tribune – Dura to buy back research fund unit Dura Pharmaceuticals said yesterday it would buy back its Spiros Development Corp. from a group of private investors and take the unit public in a deal projected to raise at least million.San Diego-based Dura established the Spiros unit in as a financing vehicle for the development of a new type of inhaler that uses a dry powder. Dura plans to apply for approval of the first Spiros product by the end of the year.Dura Executive Vice President David S. Kabakoff said the proposed… . The Washington Times – `RICE’ is still the best treatment for those painful pulled muscles Muscle pulls are a hazard of exercising. The immediate treatment is RICE Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation. Stop exercising immediately, apply an ice bag wrapped in a towel to the injured part, wrap a bandage loosely over the ice bag, and raise the injured part above the heart. Remove the ice after minutes and reapply it once an hour for the first few hours. After a few days of rest, you can start a program of massage and stretching to hasten healing.The only drugs that have been… Asthma drugs–a dangerous mix-up; Back on the bus; The credit clause Asthma drugs–a dangerous mix-up Reading a label could be a life-saving act for some asthmatics. Patient confusion over Serevent, Glaxo’s -hour asthma-preventing inhalant, be involved in as many as patient deaths this year, the Food and Drug Administration said last week. Some patients seem to be using the aerosol inhalant to relieve acute asthma attacks, even though the label says that the drug is meant to prevent attacks, not to relieve them. Serevent, a form of… . The Washington Times – Pulled muscles need rest to heal Muscle pulls are a hazard of exercising. The immediate treatment is RICE Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation.Stop exercising immediately, apply an ice bag wrapped in a towel on the injured part, wrap a bandage loosely over the ice bag and raise the injured part above the heart. Remove the ice after minutes and reapply it once an hour for the first few hours. After a few days of rest, you can start a program of massage and stretching to hasten healing.The only drugs that have been… . (New Jersey) – NURSING A PULLED MUSCLE Muscle pulls are a hazard of exercising. The immediate treatment is RICE rest, ice, compression, and elevation. Stop exercising immediately, apply an ice bag wrapped in a towel on the injured part, wrap a bandage loosely over the ice bag, and raise the injured part above the heart.Remove the ice after minutes and reapply it once an hour for the first few hours. After a few days of rest, you can start a program of massage and stretching to hasten healing.The only drugs that have… –