Category: Asthma

MEwens
Asthmatics who rely on Primatene Mist to control their symptoms need to start stocking up on the over-the-counter medicine now — or find a new prescription alternative.
The FDA reminded us today the drug will no longer be available after Dec. 31 because the delivery system — a certain type of inhaler — uses […]

MEwens
If Wilbur can’t get past the co-op board, will a dog or cat do?
If kids who live in close proximity to farm animals seem to develop asthma at lower-than-average rates, can urban or suburban children reap the same benefits by acquiring a dog or cat?
That was our first question after reading a recent […]

MEwens
Abbott’s Pain Relieved: A $1.8 billion patent-infringement jury verdict against Abbott Labs was overturned yesterday by a federal appeals court, disappointing Johnson & Johnson, one of the plaintiffs, the WSJ reports. J&J and New York University had claimed Abbott’s rheumatoid arthritis treatment Humira infringed their patent for a competing drug, Remicade; the federal […]

MEwens
Wall Street Journal health blogger Katherine Hobson will take questions from readers in a live chat on Monday, Nov. 1 about the TEDMED conference in San Diego.  Ask your questions now.
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MEwens
Wall Street Journal health blogger Katherine Hobson will take questions from readers in a live chat on Monday, Nov. 1 about the TEDMED conference in San Diego.  Ask your questions now.
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JGrimes
Also: why health-care costs are rising in Utah, what exposure to microbes may mean for allergies and asthma.
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JGrimes
Last week some experts played down the World Health Organization’s announcement that it was “very concerned” about the potential health effects of inhaled ash from the Iceland volcano. But we wanted to follow up on that point: can it really be safe to breathe in the same stuff that threatens to destroy jet […]

JGrimes
Whether or not Europeans should be concerned about inhaling the ash from Iceland’s volcano depends on whom you ask.
A spokesman for the World Health Organization says the agency is “very concerned” about the potential health effects of ash that drifts down to ground level, the Associated Press reports. In fact, he advises that […]

JGrimes
A proposal by British doctors to ban smoking in private cars has drivers, well, fuming.
The Royal College of Physicians says passive smoke results in 300,000 extra visits by children to the doctor every year in the U.K. Banning smoking in autos, as well as in public places where kids congregate, would help fight […]

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Safety experts advising the FDA have been sending up flares about various asthma drugs for several years. In 2007, a panel said GlaxoSmithKline’s Serevent and Advair should carry a warning about risks to children. In 2008, experts said Serevent and Norvartis’s Foradil shouldn’t be used for asthma any more.
Today, the FDA itself […]