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STANDARDS; Racial Gap Found in Asthma Treatments

 

Differences in the care given to black and white asthma patients may help explain why blacks suffer more severe symptoms and generally fare worse with the disease, researchers reported yesterday.

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Clues of Asthma Study Risks May Have Been Overlooked

 

In the nebulous language of eulogy, Ellen Roche, a bright, healthy, 24-year-old volunteer in an asthma study at Johns Hopkins University, died for the sake of science. In clinical terms, Ms. Roche died because a chemical she inhaled in the study led to the progressive failure of her lungs and kidneys.

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World Business Briefing | Europe: Germany: Advance For Asthma Drug

 

The German drug maker Altana said an asthma and bronchitis medicine had performed well in tests and would move into the final stage of testing, setting off a sharp rally in the company's stock price.

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Report on a Research Death Faults Review Board

 

A report on the death of a healthy volunteer in an asthma study at Johns Hopkins University found that the university's research review board was inadequate to handle its thousands of studies and that some researchers had adversarial relationships with federal regulators.

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Inhaled Steroids Linked to Bone Loss in Hip

 

Inhaled steroids used to treat asthma have led to bone loss at the hip in premenopausal women, researchers have found.

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Your Home; The Dangers Of Mold In Homes

 

MOLD can cause health problems that range from itching eyes, sneezing and coughing to serious allergic reactions, asthma attacks and even permanent lung damage. And what many people do not know is that mold could be growing in their homes right now.

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What Came First, the Asthma or the Egg?

 

Some art provokes strong reactions across the centuries -- especially if it was made with eggs.

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Clean Ways to Combat Asthma

 

Combining a ''supercleaning'' technique developed for lead abatement with periodic pest control can sharply reduce the cockroach allergens that have been linked to high rates of asthma in urban areas, according to a new study.

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CAUSE AND EFFECT; Easing Asthmatics' Congestion

 

A study being released today has found that about half of a group of people with chronic asthma also suffered from low-level lung infections, and that antibiotic treatment improved their breathing.

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Gene-Mappers Take New Aim at Diseases

 

A $100 million project to develop a new kind of map of the human genome was announced today by an international consortium. Its goal is to hasten discovery of the variant genes thought to underlie common human diseases like diabetes, asthma and cancer.

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Asthma Drug Health Risks Are Suspected

 

GlaxoSmithKline said yesterday that Serevent, one of its popular asthma drugs, might pose a risk of death and serious asthma-related illness in some patients.

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PATTERNS; Allergen Tracks Point to the Dog

The truth about cats and dogs is that dogs seem to be worse, at least for people with asthma.

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Doubt Is Cast On a Remedy For Asthma

 

Two studies have found that mite-proof bed coverings, at least by themselves, fail to relieve asthma and allergies, a perplexing discovery that challenges the frequent advice of doctors.

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VITAL SIGNS: PATTERNS; Disturbing the Nighttime Peace

 

People with asthma that gets worse at night might do well to avoid using melatonin as a sleep aid, according to a study issued yesterday.

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VITAL SIGNS: AT RISK; Forgo Flu and Attack Asthma

 

Despite a government recommendation that people with asthma receive annual flu vaccinations, only about a third do so, a new study reports.

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PERSONAL HEALTH; Just a Few Simple Steps Can Keep the Air Flowing Freely

 

Perhaps the most frightening symptom one can experience is being unable to inhale enough air to perform even the simplest activities, like walking from the bedroom to the bathroom or even talking. But that is the ultimate fate of millions of Americans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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VITAL SIGNS: TREATMENTS; Biofeedback vs. Asthma

 

People with asthma who are taught biofeedback techniques to regulate their heart rate may be able to reduce their reliance on inhaled steroids, a new study reports.

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F.D.A. Approves Asthma Treatment

 

AstraZeneca has won approval from the Food and Drug Administration for its asthma drug Symbicort, but the company said Saturday that it would not sell it in the United States until mid-2007.

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Survey Shows a High Rate of Asthma at Ground Zero

By ANTHONY DePALMA
Published: August 28, 2007


Rescue and recovery workers at ground zero have developed asthma at a rate that is 12 times what would be expected for adults, according to findings released yesterday by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

 

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For the Record: In Tests of Inhalers, Results May Depend on Who Pays

By ERIC NAGOURNEY
Published: November 13, 2007


Inhalers are an effective treatment for asthma and other respiratory diseases, but they can have adverse side effects. The conclusions of studies on these effects apparently depend in part on who pays for the study.

 

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Pests and Pestilence
Published: January 1, 2008

Q. Are common cockroaches carriers of disease?

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For Minority Kids, No Room to Breathe
Angie Cano, a 5-year-old with asthma, is evaluated at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx.

Julien Jourdes for The New York Times

Angie Cano, a 5-year-old with asthma, is evaluated at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. Asthma afflicts a disproportionate number of minority children in urban areas.

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