Asthma treatment

531. – JANUARY 13, 1997 Gasping for life, Asthma deaths are on the rise. With the right drugs, they’re preventable The bands of muscles encircling your airways tighten, choking off the lungs’ air supply. You’re wheezing. Your chest and shoulders heave as you gulp air through mucus-clogged bronchial tubes, but it’s like trying to breathe through a drinking straw. Your airways collapse, trapping air in your lungs. You can’t exhale. Panic feeds the asthma attack. You feel like you’re dying. And you may be. Walter Reid Kirnon, 14, died that ….. Daily Herald – October 23, 1996 Health Day Biofeedback as tool for what ails you The Midwest Regional Conference on Behavioral Health and Biofeedback is hosting an open house in Chicago on Nov. 8 to inform people how biofeedback works. The session is from 4:30 to 8:30 p. m. at the Days Inn, 644 N. Lake Shore Drive. Biofeedback, or “biological feedback, ” uses monitors to measure body functions ranging from pulse to skin temperature. As patients become aware of what their body is doing, they can learn to ….. Financial Times (London, England) – March 30, 1996 London Stock Exchange: Disposal buzz at Granada Distributors, Distributors-Other. Food Producers, Food Producers. Leisure & Hotels, Leisure. Telecommunications, Telecommunications. Expectation that Granada is about to announce several disposals, following its takeover of Forte, sent the shares racing ahead yesterday. There were strong rumours that Granada would use its trading update to analysts just after Easter as the moment to detail the sale of the Meridien hotel chain. A sale would not be a surprise but if ….. Times, The (London, England) – March 30, 1996 Cadbury Schweppes loses fizz in fallout with Coke, Stock Market SHARES of Cadbury Schweppes fell to their lowest level this year, slipping 15 p to 501p after the UK confectionery and soft drinks group fell out with Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola is ending an arrangement to distribute most of the British company’s soft drinks in the US. Coke’s decision to stop distributing A&W Root Beer, Welch’s and Sunkist came as a shock to brokers in the City. A Cadbury spokeswoman said that the group disagreed with ….. (PA) – March 29, 1996 BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF IN THE REGION THE WEST CO. IS PULLING IN ITS BELT * The West Co. , a Lionville supplier of medical-device components and packaging for the health-care industry, announced a restructuring of its global operation that will mean the “closing or substantial downsizing” of six manufacturing facilities and about a 5 percent reduction in its workforce. Company officials could not be reached for comment on which facilities would close, but said the goal was “to shift ….. Financial Times (London, England) – March 27, 1996 London Stock Exchange: Royal Bank of Scotland fell sharply Banks-Retail, Banks-Retail. Insurance, Insurance-Brokers. Other Financial, Financial- Other. Royal Bank of Scotland fell sharply for the second day running as Credit Lyonnais Laing, one of the bank’s brokers, cut its forecasts for current year profits. Laing has taken a hard look at the prospects for Direct Line, the RBoS insurance subsidiary, which is expected to suffer from a highly competitive motor insurance market and a spate of harsh-weather claims. Laing was not ….. Financial Times (London, England) – December 13, 1995 UK Company News: Zeneca plans to boost R&D and partnerships Zeneca, the UK’s third largest pharmaceuticals company, plans a sharp increase in its spending on drugs research and development and on partnerships with biotechnology companies. R&D spending for the whole company – Pounds 550m in 1995 – will rise faster than inflation, said Dr Peter Doyle, group R&D director, speaking at the company’s first R&D presentation to analysts since the 1993 demerger of Zeneca from ICI, the chemicals ….. Times, The (London, England) – August 30, 1995 Fisons nears completion of disposal programme FISONS, the pharmaceuticals company under takeover threat from Rhone Poulenc Rorer, completed its disposal programme yesterday with the sale of the bulk of its laboratory supplies business for $301 million in cash. RPR, whose hostile bid is worth Pounds 1. 7 billion, welcomed the sale. The French-controlled drugs group has stated it will not keep the division if its takeover bid succeeds; it is most attracted to Fisons’s respiratory business, which includes asthma medicine ….. (NY) – June 13, 1994 YOUR OPINION PARENTS, NOT SOCIETY, TO BLAME FOR TEEN WOES This writing is with regard to the Advance reporter inquiring of teens, their views about places to hang out. I’m seeking enlightenment concerning teen-age socialization. True, I do come from a few generations in the past, but I so vividly recall being encouraged to bring pals home. Everyone was made to feel welcome. My parents knew with whom I associated. It was a mutual exchange. Also we remained kids until it was time to grow up and develop into responsible …. Sunday Times, The (London, England) – April 18, 1993 ICI: corporate suicide or regeneration? ICI’s demerger plan was conceived when drug companies were all the rage. Now their glamour has faded and chemicals are reviving. Do the demerger sums add up? THE promotional campaign for Zeneca, the bioscience wing of ICI, kicked off last Wednesday with an announcement by the company that it plans to spend Pounds 26m doubling the production capacity for its meat substitute, Quorn. The news was coupled with a forecast by David Barnes, chief executive, that Quorn sales could ….