News tagged with asthma drugs
Potential new medicines show promise for treating colon cancer, asthma
In what they described as the opening of a new era in the development of potentially life-saving new drugs, scientists today reported discovery of a way to tone down an overactive gene involved in colon cancer and block a ...
Mar 28, 2011 |
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Aortic aneurysm treatable with asthma drugs
A new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet shows that asthma drugs are a potential treatment for aortic aneurysm. These drugs, which block cysteinyl-leukotrienes, could reduce the break down of ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 16, 2010 |
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Spiriva as good as Serevent in asthma study
(AP) -- Researchers say they've found a possible new treatment for adults with hard-to-control asthma. Their discovery, however, came at a price.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 19, 2010 |
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'Stepping up' asthma treatment in children leads to improvement
Children with asthma who continue to have symptoms while using low-dose inhaled corticosteroids could benefit from increasing the dosage or adding one of two asthma drugs, a new study by researchers at Washington University ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 02, 2010 |
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FDA issues warning on 4 widely-used asthma drugs
(AP) -- The government is issuing new restrictions on some widely used long-acting asthma drugs, saying they should never be used without other asthma controllers to prevent a lifethreatening risk.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 18, 2010 |
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Mother's exposure to bisphenol A may increase children's chances of asthma
For years, scientists have warned of the possible negative health effects of bisphenol A, a chemical used to make everything from plastic water bottles and food packaging to sunglasses and CDs. Studies have linked BPA exposure ...
Feb 03, 2010 |
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FDA panel backs first non-drug asthma treatment
(AP) -- Federal health advisers on Wednesday said a novel technology from a small medical technology firm should be approved as the first non-drug treatment for asthma.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Optimized inhaler mouthpiece design allows for more effective drug delivery
Researchers have developed an optimized mouthpiece design to aid efficient drug delivery to the lungs by reducing the amount of medication wasted as it passes through the mouthpiece of an aerosol inhaler. With current inhaler ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 21, 2009 |
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'Antedrugs': A safer approach to drug therapy
Corticosteroids are powerful drugs used to treat inflammatory conditions such as asthma and other chronic diseases which has made them among the most widely prescribed drugs. Although the anti-inflammatory drugs offer swift ...
Apr 17, 2009 |
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New asthma research opposes current drug treatment
Just when the Food and Drug Administration is reconsidering the use of stimulants to treat asthma, a new research study offers further evidence to support a University of Houston professor's theory that an opposite approach ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 26, 2009 |
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