Asthma treatment

http://www.healasthma.com past six monthsthe past twelve months Search Hint Connecting terms with OR broadens your search to give more results …more on search operators – . Chicago Tribune – UVA and skin cancer Ultraviolet-A rays play a bigger role in promoting skin cancer than previously thought, researchers report. “There is good evidence that UVB is important, but our studies show that UVA is also very important,” says study author Gary Halliday, a professor of dermatology at the University of Sydney in Australia. The research appeared in last week’s online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…. Minnesota sues drug companies over inhalant prices Minnesota has become the latest state to file a civil lawsuit against two pharmaceutical companies accused of grossly inflating the price of their inhalant drugs. The alleged fraud by Dey Inc. and Warrick Pharmaceuticals Corp. has cost Minnesota and its senior citizens, who pick up part of the drug costs, millions of dollars, Attorney General Mike Hatch said Wednesday, announcing the suit. Some of the fraud dates to the early s, he said.The drugs at issue, including… . Chicago Tribune – . million settles asthma-death suit A Lake County judge on Wednesday approved a . million settlement for the family of a central Illinois teenager who died from an asthma attack that began while he was at Six Flags Great America. Keynon Lewis, , of Danville, was at the theme park Aug. , when he began having breathing problems, said John Kornack, the attorney who represented Lewis’ family. Park paramedics found that the teenager’s Albuterol inhaler was empty, so they began to… . The Florida Times-Union – Creating a better asthma drug Treatment could be based on patient’s genetic makeup Doctors knew that a group of common drugs designed to open the airways of people with asthma don’t work on about one third of all asthma patients.But they didn’t know why, prior to research that a Jack-sonville pediatric pharmacologist helped conduct. John Lima’s work in identifying a genetic variation present in one-third of patients could lead to new, effective treatments for them.The group of drugs are called “beta … . ASTHMATIC’S PARENTS SUE OVER INHALER The parents of a -year-old asthmatic boy have filed a lawsuit against a preschool, alleging that it would not allow him to bring his inhaler to class.The lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court, contends the school effectively denied the child admission because of his condition, violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. The suit seeks unspecified damages.Jeremy Alvarez was accepted by the Fountainhead Montessori School in Contra Costa County but was later told he could not… . DRUG CUTS HOSPITALIZATION NEED IN KIDS SUFFERING ASTHMA ATTACKS Adding another medicine to the traditional two-drug treatment for severe childhood asthma attacks substantially reduces the need to hospitalize sufferers, according to a study published today.Researchers examined the effect of adding ipratropium bromide to the standard emergency room therapy for asthma attacks, albuterol and steroids.The result was a percent drop in the need for hospitalization, according to the study in today’s New England Journal of Medicine.The… . M AND HOECHST FORM TIE Hoechst Marion Roussel, the Frankfurt, Germany, pharmaceutical company of Hoechst AG, and M Pharmaceuticals, a division of Maplewood-based M Co., said Wednesday they entered into a marketing alliance to promote asthma products being developed by M.Hoechst Marion and M will co-promote the products in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Hoechst will be sole promoter of the products in the Asia Pacific region, excluding Japan and Taiwan.Products covered by the… . USA TODAY – DRUG RECALL A drug company has recalled more than , cases of an asthma inhalant in states, saying the vials contain a pneumonia-causing organism. Xactdose Inc. in South Beloit, Ill., said it has received no reports of anyone falling ill from inhaling its albuterol sulfate solution.ALSO . . .� BUNDLE OF JOY A -year-old heart transplant recipient who got pregnant against her doctors’ advice has given birth to a daughter. Tarina Roberts, of Columbus, Ohio, gave birth by… . The Commercial Appeal – ASTHMA DRUG IS LINKED TO DEATHS People who overuse an inhaled drug used to relieve asthma attacks face a greatly increased risk of death, a study concludes.The researchers don’t know whether the beta agonists are to blame, but they said asthmatics nearly triple their chance of death with each canister of the spray they use each month. The risk varies, depending on the kind of beta agonist taken – people taking fenoterol seemed five times more likely to die and those taking albuterol had a death rate that was… . , The DRUG OVERUSE, ASTHMA DEATHS LINKED HEAVY, LONG-TERM USE POSES SUBSTANTIAL HEALTH RISK, STUDY SAYS People who overuse a common kind of inhaled drug used to relieve asthma attacks face a greatly increased risk of death, a study concludes.The study found that the risk of death about doubled with each canister per month of a drug called albuterol. This kind is widely used in the United States and sold under such brands as Proventil and Ventolin.The study found that fenoterol, a double-strength variety of a drug made by Boihringer-Ingelheim, was especially linked with… –