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The Food and Drug Administration says it has approved a new once-a-day inhaler drug from GlaxoSmithKline for patients with chronic lung disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-fda-once-a-day-inhaler-glaxo.html Medications Fri, 10 May 2013 13:20:01 EST news287408576 A panel of U.S. respiratory experts voted Wednesday in favor of approving an experimental inhaler drug from GlaxoSmithKline and Theravance for treating chronic lung disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-panel-inhaler-drug-lung-disease.html Medications Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:00:11 EST news285435945 Italy on Tuesday announced plans to raise the legal limit for buying electronic cigarettes to 18 years from a previous 16, citing the high dose of nicotine inhaled when using the smokeless product. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-italy-minors-electronic-cigarettes.html Health Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:51:50 EST news284129502 (HealthDay)—The TOBI Podhaler (tobramycin inhalation powder) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat cystic fibrosis patients infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterium that can damage the lungs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-inhaler-cystic-fibrosis-patients.html Medications Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:50:01 EST news283451913 (HealthDay)—Maintenance and reliever therapy with a single inhaled corticosteroid plus a rapid-onset, long-acting, β2 agonist (formoterol) seems beneficial for patients with asthma, according to two studies published in the March issue of The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-combo-inhaler-standard-rx-asthma.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:34:25 EST news281727258 The high cost of medication, stigmatisation and poor acceptance of their condition are causing young adults to take a dangerous approach to managing their asthma, according to new research published today in the journal BMJ Open. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-medication-stigma-asthma-health.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:23:41 EST news280574610 The drug aclidinium bromide (trade names Eklira, Bretaris) has been approved since October 2012 for widening the narrowed airways of adults with chronic-obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) has now examined the added benefit of the drug pursuant to the "Act on the Reform of the Market for Medicinal Products" (AMNOG). No proof of an added benefit of aclidinium bromide compared with the appropriate comparator therapy (ACT) can be inferred from the data in the drug manufacturer's dossier. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-added-benefit-aclidinium-bromide-proven.html Medications Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:38:03 EST news278760982 (AP)—A panel of federal health experts is overwhelmingly recommending approval for a long-acting inhaler to treat people suffering from chronic lung disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-fda-panel-long-acting-boehringer-inhaler.html Medications Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:00:46 EST news278697626 Asthmatic children in New York City neighborhoods with high rates of asthma make many more visits to the emergency room (ER) than those who live in other parts of the city. While socioeconomic factors such as lack of adequate preventive care are part of the equation (high-asthma neighborhoods tend to be lower income), new research points to a possible biological basis for the disparity. Asthmatic children living in asthma hotspots were twice as likely to experience a common symptom known as exercise-induced wheeze than were those in neighborhoods with lower asthma rates. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-kids-asthma-hotspots-nyc-er.html Pediatrics Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:20:01 EST news274903068 The troubled history of asthma drugs known as long-acting beta-agonists goes back to the 1990s when a large clinical trial in Great Britain of the GlaxoSmithKline drug Serevent produced disturbing results. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-1990s-trial-gave-early-danger.html Medications Sun, 25 Nov 2012 19:00:02 EST news273086605 Healthcare professionals are as bad as patients when it comes to knowing how to use inhalers prescribed for asthma and other respiratory conditions correctly, says an editorial in Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-healthcare-professionals-bad-patients-good.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:30:03 EST news268504686 Details of a treatment that could help asthmatics fight infections that trigger 80% of asthma attacks, developed by University of Southampton spin-out company Synairgen, will be presented to European respiratory experts on Sunday 2 September. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-breathable-treatment-asthma.html Immunology Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:07:05 EST news265630016 (HealthDay) -- The Tudorza Pressair (aclidinium bromide) inhaler has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat narrowing of the lung airways associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in people 18 and older. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-tudorza-pressair-copd.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:40:01 EST news262354575 For most people with asthma, a couple of puffs from an inhaler filled with steroids makes breathing easy. But if their lungs become resistant to the calming effect of that medicine, they live in fear of severe asthma attacks that could send them to the hospital – or worse. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-scientists-cell-key-role-treatment-resistant.html Inflammatory disorders Mon, 07 May 2012 13:19:21 EST news255615553 (Medical Xpress) -- British scientists are to carry out the largest trial anywhere in the world of a gene therapy for cystic fibrosis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-largest-gene-therapy-trial-cystic.html Medical research Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:35:02 EST news251105692 (AP) -- Asthma patients who rely on over-the-counter inhalers will need to switch to prescription-only alternatives as part of the federal government's latest attempt to protect the Earth's atmosphere. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-fda-phases-inhaler-due-environmental.html Medications Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:35:22 EST news235913625 Placebos are "dummy pills" often used in research trials to test new drug therapies and the "placebo effect" is the benefit patients receive from a treatment that has no active ingredients. Many claim that the placebo effect is a critical component of clinical practice. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-closer-placebo-effect.html Medications Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:27:11 EST news229796801 People who use a mist inhaler to deliver a drug widely prescribed in more than 55 countries to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may be 52 percent more likely to die, new Johns Hopkins-led research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-safety-mist-inhalers-common-drug.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:13:05 EST news227329923 Nicotine-free plastic inhalers may increase a smoker's chance of quitting, according to new research published online in the European Respiratory Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-fake-cigarettes-success.html Health Thu, 12 May 2011 03:34:33 EST news224390062 Nitric oxide gas appears to directly impact the source of the classic, disabling pain crises of sickle cell disease, Georgia Health Sciences University researchers report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-nitric-oxide-impacts-source-sickle.html Medical research Mon, 09 May 2011 15:55:01 EST news224175262