• Infant Breathing Predicts Asthma Later

    Updated: 2012-03-30 21:51:34
    Asthmatic 7-year-olds very often had impaired lung function soon after birth, a prospective cohort study in Denmark found.

  • Lots of Ink: Two more studies, in Science, say pesticides could be a big reason for bee die-off

    Updated: 2012-03-30 20:24:31
    : , , Home Suggest Stories About Us Staff Contact Us Log In Register to Comment The week’s natural awe tryptich is complete : Billion-star galaxy picture hits the news Lots of Ink : Two more studies , in Science , say pesticides could be a big reason for bee die-off A lot of us may not have known that bumblebees have seen a major decline of their own while news focussed over the past five years on colony collapsse disorder among those most vital of domestic livestock , honeybees . This is a surprise . Not so much , given that they already are banned or tightly restricted in several nations due in part to fear for bees , is that two new reports in Science report disturbing if not quite conclusive evidence that bee declines may have a chemical cause . Systemic pesticides called

  • Discovery News, Our Amazing Planet: A pair of explanatory follows to breaking, oceanic news

    Updated: 2012-03-29 19:25:54
    , : , Home Suggest Stories About Us Staff Contact Us Log In Register to Comment Lots of ink for foot bones from Ethiopia . Do they change anything , really Discovery News , Our Amazing Planet : A pair of explanatory follows to breaking , oceanic news There is not much to link these stories other than they have to do with oceans , both provide a much-needed followup to breaking news , and the tracker happened on them at nearly the same moment . Plus it gives me the chance to get James Cameron’s name right the first time . The other day I called him David , due to the lizard brain mixing him up with a . P.M 1 OurAmazingPlanet a LiveScience adjunct , and via Discovery News Andrea Mustain Deep-Sea Experts Cheer Cameron’s Historic Dive We’ve already had plenty of coverage the other day after

  • High Copays Cut Asthma Drug Use in Older Kids

    Updated: 2012-03-27 21:49:41
    Higher copayments for asthma drugs were associated with reduced use of the medications by older children, researchers reported.

  • Magnesium Supplementation May Reduce Blood Pressure

    Updated: 2012-03-13 20:19:12

  • LABAs in Asthma Defended at AAAAI Meeting

    Updated: 2012-03-08 14:09:05
    ORLANDO -- FDA statements notwithstanding, there is no hard evidence that long-acting beta-agonist drugs are especially dangerous in asthma patients when combined with inhaled steroids, experts said.

  • Anti-IgE Drug Speeds Up Allergy Therapy

    Updated: 2012-03-07 18:16:43
    ORLANDO -- Two more groups reported here that the anti-IgE biologic drug omalizumab (Xolair) was helpful in speeding immunotherapy for allergies, suggesting that the approach may be gaining momentum.

  • Exercise Raises Quality of Life in Asthma

    Updated: 2012-03-04 00:30:00
    ORLANDO -- Patients with persistent asthma reported significant improvements in symptoms and limitations after four months of structured workouts at a gym, researchers reported here.

  • Report Offers Standards for Asthma Clinical Studies

    Updated: 2012-03-04 00:09:04
    ORLANDO -- Clinical research in asthma should measure specific "core" outcomes to facilitate future meta-analyses necessary for improving disease management, researchers said here.

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