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Rigel Assumes Development Responsibility For Inhaled Asthma
BioResearch Online (press release) South San Francisco, CA /PRNewswire/ — Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: RIGL) today announced that the company will assume development of R343, its inhaled syk inhibitor for allergic asthma that recently completed several Phase 1 clinical trials. … |
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 Mail & Guardian Online |
Get asthma off your chest
Mail & Guardian Online 'You can control your asthma" — that was the upbeat message on World Asthma Day 2011, celebrated on May 3. But South African health experts say the reality is more complex, especially if you come from a poor community and have little access to … Allergy Symptoms For Asthma, Prevention, And Treatment Help Bring Relief Found … |
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New Weight Loss Patch for the Tongue; U.S. Asthma Cases Rising
FOX 21 Online The number of Americans suffering with asthma jumped more than twelve percent over the last decade. The CDC says that's an increase of 4.3 million people between 2001 and 2009. CDC researchers say about 25 million Americans have asthma and they don't … |
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Asthma growing among Americans, despite air improvements
Catholic Online In spite of this, 25 million Americans in 2009 suffered from asthma in contrast to about 20 million in 2001. There's a growth of one percent since 2001 and 2009 where those who suffer from the condition has grown from seven percent to eight percent in … With asthma rates on the rise, here's how to manage symptoms Increased Asthma Rates Could Have Devastating Consequences for Latinos Asthma rates climb in US |
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The University of Newcastle is taking part in a nationwide research program to help people with asthma better control their condition.
The study is testing the effectiveness of combining antibiotics with commonly used treatments.
Today is World Asthma Day and statistics show commonly prescribed treatments and medications do not relieve the symptoms for about 10 per cent of asthma patients.
The University’s Professor Peter Gibson says the research has shown not all asthma sufferers have the same type of allergic pattern of inflammation.
“We’ve found this other type of inflammation that appears to respond to a type of medicine called macrolide,” he said.
“It’s an antibiotic but it also has properties that reduce mucus and reduce inflammation in the airways.
“And it’s those beneficial effects that we’re testing out in this new asthma study.”
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Man found dead in hospital toilet
ABC Online The hospital said the man had been treated for asthma earlier. There is understood to be a link between the man who died and two other men who were admitted to the hospital earlier in the day after a suspected heroin overdose. Man, 30, found dead in QEH toilet |
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Smog warning for bank holiday weekend
GP online It warned that those suffering from lung diseases including asthma and particularly the elderly 'should be aware that their symptoms might worsen'. Defra added: 'They may need to consider modifying their treatment as they usually do when symptoms … Government issues Easter weekend smog alert Smog warning issued for Easter weekend Smog alert issued due to warm weather |
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Asthma May Be Triggered by Childhood Eczema
Online Journal Asthma researchers now have an interesting connection to review more thoroughly. Children who have eczema are at increased risk of suffering from allergic asthma, researchers in Australia have claimed. Lead author Pamela Martin, a University of … |
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Asthma in Aotearoa: not a pretty picture
New Zealand Doctor Online That's how many New Zealand children live with the challenges, fears and disadvantages of asthma. "At well over 200 000, the number of New Zealand children with asthma is far greater than the population of the Hamilton urban area [203 000[1]]," the … |
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 Charlotte Observer |
Desensitization is new allergy strategy
The Wenatchee World Online But new tactics are emerging to help children become desensitized to milk, including one reported last month at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology in San Francisco. Desensitization involves giving someone tiny … Some Cities Are Worse For Allergies Why do more of us have allergies, asthma? Study ranks worst US cities for allergy sufferers |
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