Cumbrian asthma campaign launched
Doctors across Cumbria have launched an awareness campaign to help people with asthma live normal lives.
Read more on The News and Star
Breathe Well Live Well
Cumbrian asthma campaign launched
Doctors across Cumbria have launched an awareness campaign to help people with asthma live normal lives.
Read more on The News and Star
Free asthma screening seeks adults, children with breathing problems
Adults and children who have symptoms like wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath that occur frequently, during exercise or even just at night, can find out if they are at risk for asthma through the 14th annual Nationwide Asthma Screening Program (NASP).
Read more on North Channel Sentinel
Eliminating the source of asthma-causing immune molecules
Asthma and other allergic diseases are caused by inappropriate immune responses. Soluble IgE molecules, produced by immune cells known as B cells, are key immune mediators of these diseases. A team of researchers has now developed a way to specifically eliminate IgE-producing B cells, providing a potential new long-lasting therapeutic approach to treat asthma and other allergic diseases.
Read more on EurekAlert!
Information on asthma offered at healthy living fair
BRIDGEPORT — The city’s Department of Health & Social Services, along with the Fairfield County Environmental Justice and the Bridgeport Asthma Council, will be hosting an Asthma and Healthy Living Fair Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Gary Crooks Memorial Center, 301 Bostwick Ave. Attendees will obtain information from the Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition, Lung Association, AIRS …
Read more on Greenwich Time
China Sky One Medical Provides Sales Forecast for 13 New Products
China Sky One Medical, Inc. , a leading fully integrated pharmaceutical company in the People’s Republic of China , today provided an update on the commercialization plan for the 13 new products.
Read more on PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Heat stroke warning as Thailand sizzles
With temperatures across the country hitting 40 degrees Celsius, the Public Health Ministry yesterday issued a warning advising people to stay indoors and avoid getting a heat stroke – a life threatening condition that claimed seven lives over the past two years.
Read more on AsiaOne
Chambersburg Area school board to vote on budget, tax hike
The Chambersburg Area school board is expected to vote tonight on the district’s final budget, which calls for a 5.5 percent property tax increase. A preliminary budget was approved by the board in April that includes a property tax increase to 89.62 mills.
Read more on Chambersburg Public Opinion
Medical calendar for May 5
Blood drives BLOOD DRIVES: 3-7 p.m. May 6 at Calvary Church, 3898 Mid Rivers Mall Drive in St. Peters, and 4-8 p.m. May 6 at Wentzville South Middle School, 561 E. Highway N in Wentzville. Sponsored by the American Red Cross.
Read more on Suburban Journals
Medical calendar for May 12
Classes AUTISM: Autism Education and Support Services hosts Strategies for Challenging Behaviors from 6-8 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month at The Center for Autism Education, 105 Sheriff Dierker Court in O’Fallon. Classes are designed for parents, grandparents, baby sitters, friends or other family members who want to learn more about autism. Cost is $30. To register, call 636-978-4951.
Read more on Suburban Journals
Swine flu silence
And so, after all the tumult and shouting, there is now silence. Indeed, there has been much twitter and twaddle about the H1N1 swine flu epidemic, especially after WHO officially declared the outbreak to be a pandemic.
Read more on Trinidad Express