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What Is Asthma? - NHLBI, NIH

2013-03-04T05:34:00.001-08:00

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PipelineReview.com - Biotech News & Online Store - GSK announces start of Phase lll programme for mepolizumab in severe refractory asthma

2012-10-30T08:30:00.001-07:00

PipelineReview.com - Biotech News & Online Store - GSK announces start of Phase lll programme for mepolizumab in severe refractory asthma:

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FDA Acknowledges Neuropsychiatric Side Effects of Singulair

2012-02-06T18:20:00.001-08:00

http://www.mindlessmommy.com/2009/06/fda-acknowledges-neuropsychiatric-side-effects-of-singulair.html

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Article: How To Survive Your Trip to the Dentist

2012-02-05T19:38:00.001-08:00

How To Survive Your Trip to the Dentist
http://news.menshealth.com/the-better-way-to-brush-your-teeth/2012/02/01/

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Drink water to cure (almost?) all diseases from Science and Skepticism forum on Nature Network

2012-02-02T01:32:00.001-08:00

http://network.nature.com/groups/skepticism/forum/topics/640

Forbes business moving to the cloud

2012-01-30T19:55:00.001-08:00

http://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2012/01/30/more-business-intelligence-moving-to-the-cloud-survey/

Miso soup benefits

2012-01-03T16:24:00.001-08:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miso_soup

Mucus free diet

2011-12-22T19:46:00.001-08:00

http://www.arnoldehret.org/healthclub/trilogy_1.html

Alternative to nuelin

2011-12-15T17:38:00.001-08:00

http://www.mims.com/Philippines/drug/info/Meptin/

Kiwi fruit causes wheezing

2011-12-15T17:25:00.001-08:00

http://www.news-medical.net/news/2004/07/07/3139.aspx?page=2

Cozaar Side Effects

2011-11-23T18:12:00.000-08:00

Cozaar Side Effects: "Cozaar"

This one clashes with athsmatics

Cozaar Side Effects to Report

Some side effects with Cozaar are potentially serious and should be reported immediately to your healthcare provider. These include but are not limited to:

Unexplained skin rash
Itching
Unexplained blisters or peeling of the skin
Unexplained swelling of the head or neck (including the face, lips, tongue, or throat)
Wheezing
Difficulty breathing or swallowing
Dizziness, lightheadedness, or fainting spells
Decreases in the amount of urine produced.

Rare Side Effects of Cozaar

Rare Cozaar side effects occur in less than 1 percent of people. Given how uncommon they are, it can be difficult to tell whether these side effects are caused by the medication or something else.

Some of these rare side effects include but are not limited to:

Anemia
Gout
Fibromyalgia
Anxiety
Depression (see Cozaar and Depression)
Migraine
Panic disorder
Spinning sensation (vertigo)
Allergic reaction
Constipation
Blurred vision
Hair loss (see Cozaar and Hair Loss)
Impotence (see Cozaar Sexual Side Effects)
Decreased sex drive (libido)
Urinary tract infections (UTI)
Serious breakdown of muscle (known medically as rhabdomyolysis).

Cozaar Side Effects: Final Thoughts

You may experience some or none of the Cozaar side effects listed in this article. Unfortunately, there is no way for your healthcare provider to know beforehand if you will have side effects from a medicine that you have never tried. Therefore, make sure to let your healthcare provider know if you develop any side effects while taking the drug. Also, let your healthcare provider know if you develop something that "just does not seem right." While it may not be a side effect of Cozaar, your healthcare provider will be able to diagnose and treat the problem.

Climate 4 asthmatics

2011-11-17T21:16:00.001-08:00

http://www.ehow.com/way_5326430_places-live-asthma.html

Is your asthma caused by your stomach?

2011-11-13T19:40:00.001-08:00

http://bit.ly/c1IzwO

Best cities in the world?

2011-11-01T17:54:00.001-07:00

http://www.citymayors.com/features/quality_survey.html

Asthma control

2011-10-29T02:35:00.001-07:00

I have changed by daily regime
This is my current Asthma preventative system and I have to say it is working!

Vitamin d
Iron tablet
NASA nex nose drops 2 /1 per day
Simbicort 1 per day or when needed
Night time 1 x singular

When persistently wheezy use combivent nebuliser 1or 2 per week
I also use an air purifier this made a massive difference

Tight chest is it Asthma ?

2011-09-07T20:07:00.001-07:00

Chest tightness frequently occurs in asthma patients, either alone or with the other classic symptoms of asthma: Wheezing Shortness of breath Chronic cough As your airways become more inflamed, filled with mucus, and the smooth muscles in your airways constrict, chest tightness may be experienced as the inability or perception of not being able to move air in and out of your lungs. This feeling may also increase your anxiety and further worsen the sense of not being able to move air through your lungs. The inflammation, mucus, and muscle tightness may occur after exposure to a trigger, a specific irritant in occupational asthma, or even as a result of exercise in the case of exercise-induced asthma. Learn More What Is Asthma? Asthma Symptoms What It Means Like the other classic symptoms of asthma, chest tightness should not be ignored, especially if you do not have a previous history of asthma. Ignoring a symptom like chest tightness may lead to a asthma attack if you do not follow your asthma care plan appropriately. Make sure you discuss this symptom with your doctor because a number of other diseases such as heart disease, COPD, and pulmonary embolism can also be associated with chest tightness. If you are unsure of what your symptoms may mean or just want more information, consider using About.com's symptom checker to see what may be causing your symptoms. Learn More Diagnosing Asthma Asthma Treatment Asthma Tests When Should I Call a Doctor? You need contact a physician if you experience chest tightness and have not previously been diagnosed with asthma. Keeping track of your symptoms may help your doctor decide what to do next. In keeping a symptom diary, you can record the answers to the following questions: How often do you get the chest tightness? What you are doing when the chest tightness occurs? What makes the chest tightness go away? Do other classic asthma symptoms occur with the chest tightness? What makes the chest tightness get better? What does the chest tightness exactly feels like? Additionally, your doctor may order a whole series of tests. Some will be to help with a diagnosis of asthma and some will be to make sure you do not have one of the previously mentioned serious causes of shortness of breath. This tests may include: Pulse oximetry Peak flow Complete blood count (CBC)- blood test to check for anemia Chest x-ray Spirometry Complete pulmonary function testing Cat scan Electrocardiogram (ECG) Echocardiogram Stress test- to look for possible coronary artery disease or blockages in the heart If you already have a diagnosis of asthma, chest tightness may indicate poor control or worsening symptoms that could escalate into an asthma attack if you do not follow your asthma action plan. Make sure you understand what to do when you experience symptoms and ask your doctor specific questions if you do not understand. Learn More Talking With Your Doctor Avoiding Your Asthma Triggers How Did You Choose Your Asthma Doctor Sources: University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics . Health Information. Accessed June 5, 2009. Chest Pain. Allergy/Asthma Information Association. Accessed June 5, 2009. A Patient's Guide to Asthma Care. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Accessed: June 5, 2009. Expert Panel Report 3 (EPR3): Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma

Inhaled Corticosteroids Side Effect

2011-09-06T19:21:00.000-07:00

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Question: Is Preventing Inhaled Corticosteroids Side Effects Possible?
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While most people will not develop side effects from inhaled corticosteroids, there is still risk. There are a number of things that can assist you in preventing inhaled corticosteroid side effects:

Using a spacer or valved holding chamber -- devices that help deliver the medication -- can decrease your risk of local side effects like oral candidiasis (fungal infection), dysphonia (voice change due to the inhaled steroid), or bronchospasm (acute asthma symptoms brought on by inhalation).
Rinsing and spitting after each inhalation.
If your asthma symptoms are poorly controlled after low-dose inhaled steroids, talk to your doctor about adding a long-acting beta agonist instead of increasing the dose of your inhaled steroid. Lower doses of medication mean less chance of developing side effects.
If it is your child who is on an inhaled steroid, make sure to regularly see your pediatric healthcare provider to ensure that proper growth is being maintained.
Both male and female adult patients should consider 1000 to 15000 milligrams of calcium and 400 to 800 units of vitamin D supplementation per day. If you are at high risk for osteoporosis or already have osteopenia, you and your healthcare provider may want to consider sparing treatments like bisphophonates.
While the risks are low, these tips will help in preventing inhaled corticosteroids side effects.
Sources:

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Accessed: August 16, 2009. Expert Panel Report 3 (EPR3): Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma

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Smoking During Pregnancy Linked To Persistent Asthma In Childhood

2011-08-23T19:19:00.000-07:00

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Freakonomics » Dogs Can Smell Lung Cancer

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2011-08-15T16:32:00.000-07:00

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A Cure For The Common Cold? New Drug Could Cure Nearly Any Viral Infection

2011-08-10T21:46:00.000-07:00

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Study: Pfizer lung cancer pill may double survival - Yahoo! Finance

2011-06-06T01:21:00.000-07:00

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Anti-IL-5 (mepolizumab) therapy reduces eosinophil activation ex vivo and increases IL-5 and IL-5 re_百度文库

2011-02-21T17:33:00.000-08:00

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Antihistamine Usage Linked To Extra Pounds

2011-02-04T05:51:00.000-08:00

Antihistamine Usage Linked To Extra Pounds

Those with severe asthma offered radical treatment

2011-01-25T23:12:00.000-08:00

Those with severe asthma offered radical treatment

By LAURAN NEERGAARD (AP) – 6 days ago

WASHINGTON — People with severe asthma are getting a radically different treatment option: A way to snake a wire inside their lungs and melt off some of the tissue that squeezes their airways shut.

Bronchial thermoplasty isn't for everyone, just a subset who wheeze despite today's best medications. It's neither a cure nor without risk.

But the Alair system, rolling out this month, offers the first method of physically altering spasm-prone airways.

"It does seem to improve your ability to live with your asthma," says Dr. Michael Silver of Chicago's Rush University Medical Center, who isn't involved with Alair's manufacturer but has monitored its development. "I certainly have moved from skeptical to, it has a niche."

"It's a very novel, very innovative treatment" — but only for the right patient, agrees Dr. William Calhoun of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, a spokesman for the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

About 22 million Americans have asthma, and medications offer good control for many patients. Still, asthma kills about 4,000 people a year and hospitalizes at least half a million. Up to 15 percent of patients have severe disease, experiencing frequent attacks despite daily medication — and too often needing emergency-room care to end the gasping.

"It's like slow suffocation," says John Rapp, 59, of Arlington, Va., who wound up in the ER four or five times a year before participating in a study of bronchial thermoplasty.

California-based Asthmatx Inc. estimates its Alair system, which the Food and Drug Administration approved last week, could target up to 2 million adults like Rapp.

Asthma is a two-pronged disease. First, inflammation inside the lung's branch-like airways narrows those channels to make breathing difficult. The airways also contain a layer of muscle tissue that spasms when something irritates the lungs. That so-called smooth muscle can double in thickness with repeated attacks, making airways increasingly twitchy.

Bronchial thermoplasty beams radiofrequency waves to heat up and shrink that muscle layer so that airways can't constrict as badly during an asthma attack.

In a half-hour outpatient procedure, doctors thread a flexible tube called a bronchoscope through the nose or throat and down into the airways. An electrode at the tip beams those RF waves through the airway wall to reach the muscle underneath without causing a burn.

A company-funded study tested 288 adults at 30 medical centers. About two-thirds received bronchial thermoplasty. The rest got a sham treatment, a bronchoscope that reached into their airways but didn't fire — to be sure that if people felt better, it was due to the thermoplasty and not a placebo effect. Indeed, sham-treated patients reported feeling better. Both groups stayed on their daily medications.

It takes three treatments a few weeks apart to reach different parts of the lungs. But a year later, thermoplasty-treated patients reported better improvements in quality of life, fewer severe asthma attacks — 26 percent of thermoplasty patients had one compared with 40 percent of the sham patients — and, importantly, a major drop in ER visits.

The drawback: Thermoplasty irritates airways, meaning risks right after treatment that include temporarily worse asthma, a partially collapsed lung and coughing up blood. Some 8.4 percent of thermoplasty patients required hospitalization, mostly on the day of treatment, compared with 2 percent of the sham group.

"If you're willing to take that short-term risk, the long-term benefits are substantial in quality-of-life," concludes Dr. Mario Castro of Washington University in St. Louis, who led the study. "We've maximized everything we currently have available for these patients ... and they're still not controlled."

The big caution, says Rush's Silver: What are the long-term effects? RF is used safely in other health conditions, and animal studies and some patients tracked for several years don't suggest problems. But Silver asks if scarring might show up years later and how long thermoplasty's benefits last. The FDA is requiring Asthmatx to conduct a five-year study to find out.

Thermoplasty isn't for patients currently experiencing worsening asthma or who have an infection or a bleeding disorder, FDA warns.

And candidates must have realistic expectations, adds Texas' Calhoun. Thermoplasty doesn't reach smaller airways, or treat asthma's inflammatory side.

Typical bronchoscopes range from $2,000 to $4,000, he says, and it's not how much an Alair-aided one will cost. Asthmatx says the disposable catheter for each procedure costs $1,500; doctors also will need the wire-heating machine, which costs about $30,000, similar to other radiofrequency generators.

Back in Virginia, Rapp hasn't made an ER visit in the three years since his thermoplasty, and says the shortness of breath he experienced from a partially collapsed lung after one trial treatment cleared up quickly.

"I can run around like a wild idiot, have fun with the dog, with my daughter," he says. "I'm always going to have asthma symptoms but this greatly reduces them."

EDITOR's NOTE _ Lauran Neergaard covers health and medical issues for The Associated Press in Washington.

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