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Teijin Pharma inks bronchial asthma pact with Pulmagen
Pharma Times The number of people in Japan suffering from bronchial asthma has nearly doubled to more than eight million adults and children over the past 10 years. Although mortality is declining, more than 2,000 people, mainly elderly, still die from the … Japan,United Kingdom : Teijin Pharma and Pulmagen Therapeutics Sign … Teijin to develop and market bronchial asthma drug in Japan |
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Unilateral keratoconus presenting with acute hydrops in a patient with mental retardation, epilepsy, and bronchial asthma.
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Bronchial Thermoplasty Awarded Category I CPT® Procedure Codes
Sacramento Bee "These codes should provide greater access to treatment for patients with poorly controlled severe asthma, help facilitate easier claims processing, and help accelerate private payers' coverage of this much-needed treatment option." The Alair … |
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Bronchial thermoplasty might help asthma patients breathe easier
PennLive.com The promise of change came with a new procedure called bronchial thermoplasty, which works by delivering thermal energy to the airway wall to reduce airway smooth muscle that typically is enlarged in asthma patients. The thermal energy decreases the … |
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New asthma treatment, bronchial thermoplasty, helps patients breathe easier
abc7.com LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Asthma sufferers are accustomed to using inhalers and medicine to breathe easier, but now there's a new procedure that could help treat the disease. For 73-year-old Betzable Alday, breathing used to be painful. "Before, I used to … |
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Bronchial thermoplasty heralds asthma breakthrough
Los Altos Town Crier Millions of adults suffer from asthma, a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways that causes wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath. |
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Vanderbilt Now Offering Bronchial Thermoplasty to Asthma Patients
news Stories Vanderbilt is the first medical center in Nashville to offer the system to asthma patients. The 1-hour procedure uses a standard flexible bronchoscope that is introduced through the patient's nose or mouth and into their lungs. ORMC offers bronchial thermoplasty for severe asthma |
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ORMC offers bronchial thermoplasty for severe asthma
News-Medical.net Doctors at Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) are delivering heat directly to the source to treat patients with severe asthma – a respiratory disease that causes the airways in the lungs to narrow, making it difficult to breathe. |
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Vanderbilt first medical center in Nashville to offer bronchial thermoplasty …
News-Medical.net Hannah Andrews, 23, who has suffered from severe asthma since she was a child, is breathing easier now thanks to a new procedure offered at Vanderbilt known as bronchial thermoplasty. Vanderbilt is the first medical center in Nashville to offer the … |
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Boston Scientific: Alair Bronchial Thermoplasty System met All Criteria Of CTAF
RTT News Alair Bronchial Thermoplasty System is a catheter-based device designed to treat patients 18 years or older with severe persistent asthma. "The American Thoracic Society believes bronchial thermoplasty meets all five of CTAF's technology assessment … Bronchial Thermoplasty with Boston Scientific's Alair® System Meets All … |
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