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Some Schools Don't Let Kids Carry Asthma Inhalers
Title: Some Schools Don't Let Kids Carry Asthma InhalersCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/27/2012 10:05:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/27/2012 12:00:00 AM
Source: MedicineNet Asthma General - April 27, 2012 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
terbutaline,Brethine, Bricanyl, and Brethaire are no longer available in the U.S.
Title: terbutaline,Brethine, Bricanyl, and Brethaire are no longer available in the U.S.Category: MedicationsCreated: 12/31/1997 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/27/2012 12:00:00 AM
Source: MedicineNet Asthma General - April 27, 2012 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
OXYGENgas [Scott Valley Respiratory Home Care Inc.]
Updated Date: Apr 27, 2012 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - April 27, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
In-hospital PE deaths remain stable in US
The estimated annual number of in-hospital deaths among patients with a pulmonary embolism diagnosis has remained relatively stable during recent years, despite a decline in case-fatality rates, US study data show.
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - April 26, 2012 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Evaluation of neonatal outcomes following treatment with antenatal steroids for foetal lung immaturity after 34 weeks of gestation
In this study, researchers estimated whether antenatal corticosteroids given after foetal lung immaturity in pregnancies at ?34 weeks of gestation would improve neonatal outcomes and, in particular, respiratory outcomes. They compared outcomes of 362 neonates born at ?34 weeks of gestation after foetal lung maturity testing, of which:
. 102 with immature foetal lung indices were treated with antenatal corticosteroids ...
Source: NeLM - News - April 26, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Reduced lung function linked to diabetes risk
Individuals with reduced lung function are at an increased risk for incident Type 2 diabetes, show study findings.
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - April 25, 2012 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
CT screening fails to improve lung cancer mortality
Study findings suggest that low-dose computed tomography screening improves detection of early-stage lung cancer but without an associated disease stage shift or reduction in mortality.
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - April 25, 2012 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Many COPD patients could benefit from osteoporosis screening
People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease should be screened for osteoporosis, even if their lung disease is only moderate in severity, study findings suggest.
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - April 25, 2012 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Surfaxin (Lucinactant) - Treatment for Preventing Infant RDS
Surfaxin (Lucinactant) is a non-pyrogenic pulmonary surfactant used for the prevention of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in premature infants.
Source: Drug Development Technology - April 25, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Idaho Technology's FilmArray(R) Diagnostic Platform Demonstrates Significant Workflow Benefit and Pathogen Specificity
SALT LAKE CITY, April 25, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Idaho Technology, Inc., a privately held clinical diagnostics company dedicated to providing the world's fastest, highest-quality instruments for pathogen identification and DNA analysis, today announced the presentation of several posters highlighting the Company's diagnostic FilmArray(r) Respiratory Panel (FilmArray RP), a user-friendly multiplex pathogen detection system that simultaneously tests for 15 different pathogens, at the 28th Annual Clinical Virology Symposium and Annual Meeting of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology, held April 22 - 25, 2012, in Da...
Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE) - April 25, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Timely malaria treatment a matter of life and death for Congolese children | Chris Bird
Malaria claims thousands of young lives in the DRC each year, but a successful project in remote Kimbi shows it needn't be soAs the sun went down and the ridges of the Mitumba mountains turned a smoke blue, a line of mothers sat quietly on a wooden bench in front of the nurses' station in the paediatric tent. The children lying in their laps were new admissions, too weak to protest against the nurses, who wore miners' headlamps to help search for a vein to place a drip.These children in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have "severe malaria": a combination of signs and symptoms, lab results (if you hav...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 25, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Chris Bird Tags: Global development Malaria Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa World news Health Infectious diseases guardian.co.uk Blogposts Source Type: news
Antenatal steroids no benefit in late preterm neonates
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When testing indicates fetal lung immaturity at 34 weeks' gestation or
more, administration of antenatal corticosteroids does not reduce respiratory problems in the newborn, and the
better approach is expectant management to prolong gestation as long as possible.
Source: Modern Medicine - April 25, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
NHS Outcomes Framework indicators - April 2012 (England)
Source: NHS Information Centre
Area: News
The NHS Outcomes Framework indicators form part of the NHS Outcomes Framework. This data release for April 2012 includes two indicators new to the NHS Outcomes Framework publication:
1.4.vii - Under 75 mortality rate from cancer
4.7 - Patient experience of community mental health services
It also includes new data for the following indicators:
1.1 - Under 75 mortality rate from cardiovascular disease
1.2 - Under 75 mortality rate from respiratory disease
1.3 - Under 75 mortality rate from liver disease
4.1 - Patient experience of ...
Source: NeLM - News - April 25, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Silicosis remains major cause of illness, death worldwide
Exposure to silica in industry remains a major cause of illness and death worldwide, particularly in developing countries, suggest results from two papers.
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - April 24, 2012 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Physicians reluctant to prescribe opioids for refractory dyspnea
Most physicians are reluctant to prescribe opioids to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and refractory dyspnea, even though patients report symptom relief and quality of life improvements with this treatment, say researchers.
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - April 24, 2012 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Measles Deaths Down Globally, But US Sees Spike in CasesMeasles Deaths Down Globally, But US Sees Spike in Cases
Global death rates from measles have dropped significantly over the past decade, according to this study, but a separate CDC report notes the disease is on the rise in the US. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines - April 24, 2012 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Public Health & Prevention News Source Type: news
Burkina Faso: Insufficient and Inadequate Support for 46,000 Malian Refugees
Burkina Faso 2012 © Aurelie Baumel/MSF
Malian refugees fleeing conflict have come to find refuge in northern Burkina Faso, mainly in the provinces of Soum and Oudalan.
Paris/Ouagadougou, April 24, 2012—Access to food, water, and basic shelter continues to deteriorate for refugees from Mali in makeshift camps in a desert region of Burkina Faso, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on Monday.
More than a quarter million people have fled to Mali’s interior and neighboring countries since fighting erupted between ...
Source: MSF News - April 24, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
PROAIR HFA (Albuterol Sulfate) Aerosol, Metered [Teva Respiratory, LLC]
Updated Date: Apr 24, 2012 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - April 24, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Catch The New Copley Scientific BRS 3000 Breath Simulator At RDD 2012
Visitors to Respiratory Drug Delivery 2012 (RDD 2012, May 13-17, Phoenix, Arizona) will be the first to see the new Copley Scientific BRS 3000 breath simulator for metered dose inhaler (MDI) and dry powder inhaler (DPI) testing.
Source: Pharmaceutical Online News - April 24, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
U.S. Measles Cases Reported in 2011 Highest in 15 Years, Says CDC
The number of measles outbreaks reported last year in the United States -- 17 -- was more than four times the usual number, with 222 people from 31 states contracting the infectious disease. That's according to Anne Schuchat, M.D., director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, who said that 2011 posted the largest number of U.S. measles cases reported since 1996, when 508 cases were reported.
Source: AAFP Health of the Public - April 23, 2012 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Biomarkers in Community-acquired PneumoniaBiomarkers in Community-acquired Pneumonia
An ideal biomarker for bacterial pulmonary infections should allow a rapid diagnosis, have a prognostic value and maybe facilitate therapeutic decision making. Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - April 23, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Pulmonary Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
InnovaSystems Now Booking Meetings for Respiratory Drug Delivery 2012
John Waters and Henrik Krarup from InnovaSystems will be exhibiting at RDD and will be at the show 13-15 May.
Source: Pharmaceutical Technology - April 23, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
NHS Choices "Behind the Headlines Assessment": New drug 'stops common cold asthma deaths'
Source: NHS Choices
Area: News
NHS Choices has featured an assessment of newspaper reports of a new drug (SNG001) which reduces the risk of colds in asthmatics.
According to the newspaper report, UK scientists have created a "Drug that slashes the risk of colds killing asthmatics".
The assessment states that the story is based on a press release from Synairgen, a respiratory drug development company based at the University of Southampton. The study has not yet been published in a journal, and the newspapers are premature in reporting the success of this new drug.
Source: NeLM - News - April 23, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Lung Cancer Screening Wins More Support
NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) -- Consensus is starting to build that long-time smokers should have annual CT-based screenings to reduce lung cancer mortality, a researcher said here.
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - April 20, 2012 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
New drug 'stops common cold asthma deaths'
Conclusion
Limited conclusions can be drawn about this news story as it is based on a corporate press release. Full details of the research are not yet available and as the study has not yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal, it has not yet been subjected to an important quality-control process.
Despite the promising tone of the news stories and the press release, the trial’s primary endpoint (better control on the Asthma Control Questionnaire compared with placebo) was not achieved in the overall treatment population, according to the press release. Findings were only presented for the half of the patient popula...
Source: NHS News Feed - April 20, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Source Type: news
1,500 Malian refugees pouring into camp daily
Upwards of 1,500 Malians are now arriving daily at the Mbera refugee camp in Mauritanian, fleeing ongoing fighting between the military and armed groups in Mali. Since late January, some 57,000 Malians have entered the camp. Refugee numbers are steadily increasing, up from 200 arrivals on April 5. In response to this massive influx, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is bolstering its activities and emergency medical aid in this desert area, where access to medical care is extremely limited.
Mauritania © François Talla/MSF An MSF staff examines a malnourished child in the Mbera refugee camp. Upwards of 1,500 Malians are...
Source: MSF News - April 20, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Mauritania NEWS Frontpage Source Type: news
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Respiratory Tract Infections Associated with Contaminated Ultrasound Gel Used for Transesophageal Echocardiography — Michigan, December 2011–January 2012
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - April 19, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Register On Site for the Clinical Focus Conference on Sepsis
Join your colleagues April 26 and 27, 2012, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, for the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s (SCCM) Clinical Focus conference, Sepsis-Related Respiratory Failure.
During this conference, a team of multiprofessional experts will provide effective strategies for developing, implementing and performing protocols for managing sepsis-related respiratory failure...
Source: SCCM RSS News - April 19, 2012 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: news
Idaho Technology to Highlight Diagnostic FilmArray(R) Respiratory Panel at 28th Annual Clinical Virology Symposium
SALT LAKE CITY, April 19, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Idaho Technology, Inc., a privately held clinical diagnostics company dedicated to providing the world's fastest, highest-quality instruments for pathogen identification and DNA analysis, today announced several posters will be presented highlighting its FilmArray(r) Respiratory Panel (FilmArray RP), a user-friendly Multiplex pathogen detection system, at the 28th Annual Clinical Virology Symposium and Annual Meeting of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology, held April 22 - 25, 2012, in Daytona Beach, FL.
Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE) - April 19, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Mauritania: Thousands of Refugees From Mali Facing Poor Conditions
Mauritania 2012 © Francois Talla/MSF
A Malian woman driven from her home by fighting watches as an MSF doctor checks on her child of at the rapidly expanding Mbera camp in Mauritania.
NOUAKCHOTT, MAURITANIA/BRUSSELS, APRIL 19, 2012—Increasing numbers of people from Mali are entering a refugee camp in neighboring Mauritania, where health and living conditions are already poor, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said today.
At least 57,000 people from Mali have entered the Mbera refugee camp in Mauritania since late January. Roughly 1...
Source: MSF News - April 19, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
High heart, cancer risks in China mine workers: study
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese workers who are exposed to silica dust in mines, and pottery and
gemstone factories suffer not only from respiratory illnesses, but are at higher risk of contracting heart and
infectious diseases as well as cancer, researchers in China have found.
Source: Modern Medicine - April 19, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Clozaril (clozapine) tablets
Source: eMC (electronic Medicines Compendium)
Area: Other Library Updates > SPC Changes
There have been significant updates to several sections of the SPC, including the following:
Change to section 4.6 - Pregnancy and Lactation
Neonates exposed to antipsychotics (including Clozaril) during the third trimester of pregnancy are at risk of adverse reactions including extrapyramidal and/or withdrawal symptoms that may vary in severity and duration following delivery. There have been reports of agitation, hypertonia, hypotonia, tremor, somnolence, respiratory distress, or feeding disorder. ...
Source: NeLM - SPC Changes - April 19, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Panic Is a Verb
It was the early 1980s and myself and colleagues at Cornell and Columbia medical schools were busy trying to understand the psychobiology. We decided that the best way to do that was to induce attacks in the lab using panicogenic agents (e.g. sodium lactate).read more
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - April 18, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Stephen C. Josephson, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety alarm bell breathing pattern chest pain columbia medical diaper rash exertion gamut hangover heart attack heart rate insufficient oxygen kvetching medical schools misinterpretation psychobiology respiratory alkalosi Source Type: news
Morphine Sulfate Injection USP, 4 mg/mL (C-II), 1 mL fill in 2.5 mL Carpuject by Hospira, Inc: Recall - May Contain More Than Intended Fill Volume
Consequences of opioid pain medication overdose can be life-threatening, including respiratory depression (slowed breathing or suspension of breathing), and low blood pressure.
Source: FDA MedWatch - April 18, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Campaigning for better recognition of endometriosis and adenomyosis – Elaine’s Story
Dear All,
I feel so very sad reading all the comments posted on this website. So many women facing such a dreadful decision, and most of them after having already put up with YEARS of misery.
I have had menstrual problems for ages. I had heavy and painful, irregular periods in my teens, and was put on the Pill. Not that the Pill did any good, it just gave me spots, bloating and mood swings. I gave that up pretty quickly, and just decided to put up with my menstrual pain. This settled down for a little while during my twenties, and I successfully completed University, began my career, and met a great guy.
My problems starte...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - April 18, 2012 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda PH Tags: Endometriosis Your Stories adenomyosis gynaecology health campaigns menstrual problems women's health Source Type: news
More Smog Might Mean More Hospitalizations
In New England, Medicare patients from more-polluted areas were more apt to need care
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - April 18, 2012 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: webmaster at doctorslounge.com Tags: Cardiology, Pulmonology, Rheumatology, Diabetes, Preventive Medicine, News, Source Type: news
Health Tip: Avoid Asthma Triggers
Title: Health Tip: Avoid Asthma TriggersCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/17/2012 8:05:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/17/2012 12:00:00 AM
Source: MedicineNet Asthma General - April 17, 2012 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Twice-daily aclidinium improves bronchodilation in COPD patients
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In patients with moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,
inhaling either 200 or 400 mcg of aclidinium bromide twice a day significantly improves FEV1, health status, and
dyspnea -- with results persisting at 24 weeks, according to a report in the European Respiratory Journal online
March 22.
Source: Modern Medicine - April 17, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Plain Tobacco Packaging Consultation Announced By Andrew Lansley
Government launches UK-wide consultation on whether tobacco should be sold in standardised, or plain packaging.
read more
Source: Nursing in Practice - April 16, 2012 Category: Nursing Authors: ALubega Tags: Respiratory care Latest News smoking cessation Source Type: news
Despite reforms, access to healthcare still a concern
As Bahrain implements reforms following protests that started last year, a significant number of patients – from all political and religious backgrounds – continue to avoid seeking medical care in public hospitals due to perceived discrimination, harassment, and ill treatment, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. In particular, according to information shared with MSF, a sizable number of people injured during political demonstrations and suffering from mild to severe orthopedic injuries, skin lacerations and respiratory distress resort to private healthcare because of fear of arrest in public hospitals. The f...
Source: MSF News - April 13, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Bahrain NEWS Frontpage Source Type: news
Lung Injury and Feeding in the ICULung Injury and Feeding in the ICU
When patients are hospitalized with acute lung injury and respiratory failure, how should they be fed? Medscape Critical Care
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - April 13, 2012 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Critical Care Viewpoint Source Type: news
Paraquat-induced convulsion and death: a report of five cases. - Huang C, Zhang X, Jiang Y, Li G, Wang H, Tang X, Wang Q.
Paraquat (PQ) is a potent toxicant for humans, and poisoning with PQ is associated with high mortality. Patients with severe PQ-induced poisoning may die of multiple organ failure involving the circulatory and respiratory systems. Death resulting from epil...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 13, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
Alternative Therapies Aren't Used as Substitutes for Asthma Meds: Study
Title: Alternative Therapies Aren't Used as Substitutes for Asthma Meds: StudyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/13/2012 10:05:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/13/2012 12:00:00 AM
Source: MedicineNet Asthma General - April 13, 2012 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Bahrain: Despite Reforms, Patients Still Fear Health System
NEW YORK/BRUSSELS, APRIL 12, 2012—As Bahrain implements reforms amidst protests that began last year, a significant number of people from all political and religious backgrounds continue to avoid seeking medical care in public hospitals for fear of discrimination, harassment, and ill treatment, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today.
According to information shared with MSF, a sizeable number of people injured during political demonstrations, and suffering from mild to severe orthopedic injuries, skin lacerations, and respi...
Source: MSF News - April 12, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Kenya: 30,000 Children Deaths Every Year
[The Star]
About 100 Kenyan children every day due to diarrhea and respiratory infections - all of which can be easily prevented by basic hygiene. That's according to the Assistant Education Minister Ayiecho Olweny.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 12, 2012 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Pneumonia may increase VTE risk
People who have had pneumonia are at significantly increased risk for subsequently developing venous thromboembolism, show results of a large, population-based, case-control study.
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - April 12, 2012 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Homeopathic prevention and treatment for whooping cough - 7 common remedies that work
Whooping cough is a bacterial infection of the upper respiratory tract, primarily effecting both vaccinated and unvaccinated children. It's highly contagious, and adult whooping cough is not uncommon. It starts as a common cold and develops into a spasmodic, persistent...
Source: NaturalNews.com - April 12, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Early versus delayed administration of systemic corticosteroids on hospital admission rates for children with moderate and severe asthma exacerbation
Source: Ann Emerg Med
Area: News
This prospective observational cohort study evaluated the effect of early (within 60 minutes of triage) versus delayed (>75 minutes) administration of systemic corticosteroids on health outcomes in children presenting to the emergency department with moderate or severe asthma, defined as a Pediatric Respiratory Assessment Measure (PRAM) score of 5 to 12.
The study involved 406 children (median age 4 years; interquartile range 3 to 8 years, 64% male), 88% of whom had moderate asthma and 22%, severe asthma. Half of patients had received systemic corticosteroids early; it was d...
Source: NeLM - News - April 12, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Clinical Training Fellow, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Via www.healthjobsuk.com. The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTFT) and King’s College London (KCL) is one of eleven comprehensive Biomedical Research Centres in the UK that has had its funding renewed for a further five years as part of the Department of Health’s strategy for Research & Development.
The BRC at GSTFT/KCL focuses on eight research themes encompassing cancer; cardiovascular disease; cutaneous medicine; environment, respiratory & allergy; translational genetics; and t...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - April 11, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
RESPIRATORY COMPLEX (Antimonium Tartaricum, Bryonia, Chelidonium Majus, Echinacea Angustifolia, Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum, Hepatica Tribola, Lycopodium Clavatum, Phosphorus, Stannum Metallicum, Sticta Pulmonaria) Liquid [Nova Homeopathic Therapeutics, Inc.]
Updated Date: Apr 10, 2012 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - April 10, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
