Does Singulair Kill people? Singulair The Popular Allergy Drug Under FDA Investigation

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Singulair the popular allergy drug was reported to cause psychiatric ailments, suicidal tendencies and severe depression in many patients United States FDA is investigating this in detail.  The FDA is collecting personal stories of suicide and other unusual side effects from Merck’s allergy drug Singulair as part of an extensive review of the drug’s safety. Many parents have been lobbying for a  label warning on mood changes and suicidal thoughts.

 

When Kate Miller of N.Y., got a new allergy drug prescription for her 15-year-old son, Cody in July 2007 , she hoped it would improve his bothersome allergy symptoms and asthma. Now, Miller is wondering whether a possible side effect of the drug, Singulair, caused Cody  a happy, athletic teenager  to take his own life about a month later.

 

Miller isn’t alone. Many physicians and patients have filed anecdotal reports the Food and Drug Administration on Singulair  that may have been linked to episodes of suicidal thoughts or actions. In just the past few months, the FDA has released several advisory notices to both doctors and the public about cases of singulair linked to suicidal thoughts or actions, including S

 

 

It’s a medical quandary that has doctors, drug makers, federal health officials and patients confused and understandably concerned. Are the links between these medications and the risk of suicide real? And if so, how can drugs that are intended to help people instead potentially prompt them to end their lives?

 

In the meantime Ron Rogers, a spokesperson for Merck, which makes the drug says that  a cause-and-effect link between Singulair and suicide has not been proven, and patients on the drug who are worried should consult their doctors. If patients have any concerns about Singulair, the most appropriate course of action to take is to speak with their physician.  The drug maker, Merck & Co has however , added “suicidality” to the list of Singulair’s side effects last year, and the FDA last month launched an investigation into the drug.

 

 Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat from Greenport has met several people including Kate Miller who have been affected by Singulair. Gillibrand and FDA officials took particular interest in how the children’s behavior changed after stopping the drug and plans to continue working with the Kate Millers to get information from other parents who have had similar experiences. As part of its investigation, the FDA has already directed Merck to go through records from the drug’s clinical trials, and the agency is examining adverse-effect reports that people have filed with the government after bad experiences with the medication.

 
 
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more children are being diagnosed with asthma than ever before

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Researchers say more children are being diagnosed with asthma than ever before. The reasons for the increase are unclear, but theories abound. Today, about 12 percent of children in the United States under age 18 have the chronic lung disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control.It is the third leading cause of hospitalization among children under age 15. And according to the American Lung Association, it now accounts for one in six of all pediatric emergency room visits .

Should children with asthma be given allergy shots? That question was complicated last week after a highly publicized Johns Hopkins University study found no benefit from the shots in treating a group of youngsters with moderate to severe asthma.”Parents are wondering what to do and people are asking, Should I quit these allergy shots.

Many children with asthma suffer because their disease is poorly controlled, causing sudden attacks and unplanned trips to the doctor’s office or emergency rooms each year, according to a recent national survey.The survey found that asthma interferes with many aspects of family life. Parents worry about allowing their kids to play at someone else’s house or to enjoy vigorous activities

 

 
 
 

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MEDICINE Panel: Shift Asthma Care

MEDICINE Panel: Shift Asthma Care   IN A MOVE that could prompt a major change in the treatment of asthma, federal health officials urged physicians last week to place greater emphasis on reducing or preventing inflammation of the airways, rather than on trying to relieve bronchial constriction. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, releasing the first comprehensive guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of asthma, said traditional therapy has relied on symptomatic relief of constriction through the use of bronchodilator… www.healasthma.com     Asthma treatment asthma treatment (12) An estimated million Americans — including nearly 5 million children — suffer the wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness and cough that characterize asthma, according to the latest government figures. Asthma claims 5,000 lives each year. What troubles researchers is that the incidence of asthma has… , of 588 words 99. THE SEATTLE TIMES - May 23, 1995 MANAGING ASTHMA DISEASE ON THE RISE; PREVENTING INFLAMMATION CALLED BEST CONTROL Medicine. The startling rise in asthma rates has researchers studying the chronic lung condition from all sides. As a result, medicine is learning how to improve treatment and prevention of the diseas ———————————- Since she was 6 years old, Elizabeth Thompson has had to worry, really worry, about people with colds. If she catches one, it could become, once again, a monster in her sensitive, asthmatic lungs.The sniffles soon become bronchitis. The bronchitis soon… , of 21 words 99. The Cincinnati Post - March , 1994 Many patients underestimate the seriousness of asthma A: Asthma is an inflammatory, obstructive lung disease that improves with medication. Asthma is believed to be caused by genetic and environmental factors. People with asthma often have irritable, twitchy airways in response to nonspecific irritants such as smoke, chemicals, fumes or strong odors. Asthma also can be triggered by specific allergens including pollens, molds, dust mites and animal dander in addition to exercise, cold weather and viruses.It is commonly believed that people do… , of 2 words 99. The Dallas Morning News - January 10, 1994 Study questions belief that children outgrow asthma Moderate, severe cases often persist in adults A new study on asthma adds to evidence debunking a myth that children usually outgrow the common and sometimes fatal lung disease.Asthma is an increasing public health problem in the United States and many other countries. The incidence of asthma and deaths from the disease have risen sharply in recent years, but the reasons are not known. For decades, doctors have told anxious parents that their children’s symptoms of wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and difficulty in… , of 1 7 words : 81 - 90 of 295480 |12 5678 9 10111213 151617181920 : The Dallas Morning News - May 28, 1993 Boy proves asthma can’t hurt lifestyle 9-year-old in Waco wins scholarship with poster showing normal childhood WACO — Childhood asthma used to carry with it a lifelong sentence of being frail, sickly and inactive.Not any more. Evan DeWalt is living proof of that.Few would guess Evan has asthma. The 9-year-old lives a normal, active childhood.The suntanned third-grader at St. Louis Elementary School participates in recess and rides his bike to friends’ houses, and he’s the third baseman for the Rotary’s 9-year-olds Little League baseball team…. , of 910 words 99. Sun-Sentinel - November 6, 1992 STUDY SHOWS SWEEPING ASTHMA EFFECTS CHILDREN MISS 10 MILLION SCHOOL DAYS A YEAR; 200,000 FACE HOSPITALIZATION ASTHMA REPORT CHICAGO — Childhood asthma causes 10 million missed days of school a year and 200,000 hospitalizations, according to a study released on Thursday that provides the first nationwide look at asthma’s effect on youngsters.”Asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood. It’s the leading cause of days lost from school,” said the lead author, Dr. William Taylor of the national Centers for Disease Control and… , of 658 words 99. Evansville Courier, The IN - November 6, 1992 STUDY SAYS ASTHMA CAUSED 10 MILLION MISSED SCHOOL DAYS \ Childhood asthma causes 10 million missed days of school a year and 200,000 hospitalizations, according to a study released Thursday that provides the first nationwide look at asthma’s effect on youngsters.”Asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood. It’s the leading cause of days lost from school, said the lead author, Dr. William R. Taylor of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to the study,… , of 587 words 99. Plain Dealer, The Cleveland, OH - November 6, 1992 ASTHMA LEADS AS CAUSE OF MISSED SCHOOL Childhood asthma causes 10 million missed days of school a year and 200,000 hospitalizations, according to a study released yesterday that provides the first nationwide look at asthma’s effect on youngsters. Asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood. It’s the leading cause of days lost from school, said the lead author, Dr. Asthma symptom (14) Asthma treatment

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PROGRAM WILL FIGHT CHILDHOOD ASTHMA LOCAL PHYSICIANS SAY REACHING OUT TO POOR CHILDREN WITH TREATMENT

www.healasthma.com     Asthma treatment asthma treatment (11)   PROGRAM WILL FIGHT CHILDHOOD ASTHMA LOCAL PHYSICIANS SAY REACHING OUT TO POOR CHILDREN WITH TREATMENT OPTIONS IS KEY TO BATTLING THE DISEASE   An ambitious proposal to fight childhood asthma focuses on outreach and treatment, two areas local doctors say are the key to beating the disease.First lady Hillary Clinton yesterday unveiled a $68 million asthma program that will be part of the White House budget proposal, one she said was the “first-ever comprehensive, administration-wide strategy” to fight the disease. Most of the money — $50 million — would be used for competitive state grants to find and… .. , of 809 words 99. *Madison, WI - November 19, 1998 UW RESEARCHERS LAUNCH CHILDHOOD ASTHMA STUDY< UP TO 200 NEWBORNS NEEDED FOR SERIES OF TESTS Asthma researchers in Madison hope to find out why some children develop the dangerous disease before they reach age 5.They need help from about 200 new babies. “We’re all very excited about this project,” said Dr. Robert Lemanske, an expert on asthma and professor of pediatrics and medicine at the UW-Madison Medical School.He’s the director of a study called COAST, for Childhood Origins of Asthma, funded by a $3.1 million grant from… , of 655 words : 71 - 80 of 295486 |12 567 8 910111213 151617181920 r, The Cleveland, OH - May , 1998 WHY OUR CHILDREN CAN’T BREATHE THE RISE IN ASTHMA IN THE YOUNGER SET Dr. Carolyn M. Kercsmar, director of the Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Asthma Center, is a slight, unimposing woman, until she walks into her East Side office one day last month.Like a quick-changing Superwoman, she takes off her leather bomber jacket and puts on a white doctor’s coat. Once cloaked, she is greeted respectfully by her colleagues. Nurses shower her with questions and concerns. She responds in a calm, almost monotone, voice.She… , of words 99. Daily Press Newport News, VA - April 29, 1998 CHILDHOOD ASTHMA WHY AREN’T VIRGINIA’S CHILDREN BREATHING EASY? Samuel Ghivizzani knows exactly how to describe an asthma attack: “It feels like a big ring around my neck.” Samuel, a 7-year-old redhead with freckles splashed across his nose, loves to run, ride his bike, play soccer and eat candy. But at least twice a day, he and his twin brother, Shane, turn into patients, fighting a disease severe enough to kill them. This morning, as the sun blazes outside, Samuel and Shane are sitting at their kitchen table sucking on… , of 2027 words 99. Newsday Melville, NY - February 15, 1998 Zeroing In On Hot Spots / Efforts to fight asthma examine airport pollution Cherise Johnson has asthma. So do her seven children, her three sisters and the seven grand- and great-grandchildren they have among them. They all live throughout South Ozone Park, about 10 miles from Kennedy Airport. From the seventh floor of her apartment building, Johnson complains, she can feel the vibrations made by departing planes.But more worrisome, public officials and health advocates say, is whether her family’s chronic illnesses - as well as the high rate of asthma… , of 2004 words 99. The Tampa Tribune - October 12, 1997 Athletes need not surrender to asthma SUMMARY: Asthma doesn’t have to slow today’s athletes. With proper medication and precautions, most can perform at their best. TAMPA — Tampa Prep basketball player Reno Bevis didn’t blink last month when a young baseball prospect died after an asthma attack.Bevis, 18, figures he knows his body well enough to avoid a similar fate. I guess I’m like all teenagers. I think I’m invincible, says Bevis, who… , of 992 words 99. *- August 5, 1997 ASTHMA Wouldn’t you avoid a frightening asthma attack - wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath - if you could?Just a few years ago, people with asthma had no choice but to use inhaled medication only after an asthma attack was under way.But a revolution in asthma treatment has made prevention the new buzzword for treating the disease. Most asthmatics, with proper medication and a look at their lifestyles, rarely have full-blown asthma attacks - and now have a higher quality… , of 1817 words 99. *- March 18, 1997 THE BREATH OF LIFE, HOSPITALS HELPING PEOPLE MANAGE THEIR ASTHMA Seeing an asthma attack occur can be frightening. Experiencing one is terrifying.When asthma attacks strike, it’s a frantic struggle for the victims to get their passageways open and their breathing to return to normal. Any number of triggers - allergies, high humidity, cigarette smoke, pollen, even walking up stairs - can be a danger to severe asthma sufferers. And once an attack strikes, the result can be an expensive trip to the emergency room.But area hospitals and… , of 51 words 99. Washington Post - February 25, 1997 ASTHMA TREATMENT SHOULD BE PROMPT, FEDERAL PANEL SAYS Calling asthma under-diagnosed and under-treated, the federal government issued new guidelines yesterday that recommend prompt, aggressive treatment for this common respiratory condition. Asthma symptom (13) Asthma treatment

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ASTHMA * AIR POLLUTION AND INADEQUATE EDUCATION MAY BE TO BLAME FOR INCREASED ASTHMA PROBLEMS IN FRESNO COUNTY. BUT ASTHMA CAN BE CONTROLLED WITH MEDICATION.

www.healasthma.com     Asthma treatment asthma treatment (10)   ASTHMA * AIR POLLUTION AND INADEQUATE EDUCATION MAY BE TO BLAME FOR INCREASED ASTHMA PROBLEMS IN FRESNO COUNTY. BUT ASTHMA CAN BE CONTROLLED WITH MEDICATION.   There is an ill wind blowing in Central California for people with asthma. Despite the availability of effective treatment methods, local health experts say the disease is getting worse, not better.”Asthma is a significant problem,” said Dr. John Rogers, medical director of pediatric pulmonary and respiratory care at Valley Children’s Hospital. “We’ve noticed an increase in incidence and severity.” People also are… The American Lung Association has created an asthma action plan to prepare teachers for youngsters vulnerable to asthma attacks at school. On the two-page form, parents can share information about allergies, medicines and what to do if their child has an attack. It may have been two years since a child has had an asthma attack, but asthma is still… , of 6 words 99. Bradenton Herald, The FL - November 23, 2002 ASTHMA: POLLEN, POLLUTION, SMOKING AND CLIMATE PLAY ROLES Asthma sufferers beware. The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area may be hazardous to your health. According to a study, the three-city metropolitan area is one of the top 25 hot spots where certain factors put additional stress on people with asthma. The study, commissioned by the drug company GlaxoSmithKline, scored the largest 100 metropolitan areas on the number of asthma patients, annual deaths from the disease, physician specialists, and prescription for asthma medications.The… , of 1 2 words 99. Age, The Melbourne, Australia - July , 2002 Trial may give patients a breathing space, ASTHMA TREATMENT An asthma treatment that teaches sufferers to control their breathing without medicine or inhalers is proving highly effective in its largest trial, a researcher says. Jill McGowan, an instructor in the Buteyko method who is running the trial, said that after six months, almost all asthma patients who used the breathing technique had fewer symptoms, took part in more physical activity and relied less on medication.Ms McGowan, a Scottish nurse, made headlines last year when she sold her… , of 901 words 99. Daily Telegraph Sydney, Australia - August 6, 2001 18 months to recover - Asthma attack research ASTHMA sufferers should allow 18 months for their lungs and airways to recover from an attack, research shows. Researchers believe patients experience a “roller-coaster ride” of symptoms after not allowing sufficient time for their bodies to recover.The research, endorsed by the National Asthma Council, was conducted at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital under Dr Helen Rendell and the late Professor Anne Woolcock.“Doctors have long known that patients take a… , of 498 words 99. The Record New Jersey - May 1, 2001 ASTHMA NEED NOT PREVENT WORKOUTS Asthma sufferers are increasing worldwide, according to an article in the American College of Sportsmedicine’s Health and Fitness Journal. Characterized by difficulty in breathing, asthma attacks occur when the bronchial airways narrow because of inflammation; the attacks are generally accompanied by muscle spasms and mucus secretions.Asthma can develop at any age, from childhood well into the golden years. Most attacks are triggered by exposure to airborne toxins, cigarette… , of 657 words 99. *- February 6, 2001 THE COLD WINTER WEATHER CAN WORSEN ASTHMA AND OTHER RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. HERE’S HOW TO COPE Cold weather exacerbates asthma and other lung problems, a fact unknown to many patients.But as deaths from asthma rise — including that last month of Gene Taylor, a beloved Detroit-area radio producer who died after an asthma attack on a sleigh ride — lung and allergy doctors are trying to educate patients about how to protect themselves in the winter.Their advice is important to the 15 million to 17 million Americans diagnosed with asthma and millions of others with respiratory… , of 1784 words 99. Chicago Tribune - April 21, 2000 IN BATTLE WITH ASTHMA, CASUALTY LIST SOARING In America’s asthma epidemic, Yolanda Garcia’s impoverished South Bronx neighborhood very likely is at the epicenter. Rates of the potentially fatal respiratory disease are at least eight times the national average here, and often the victim is a child.Despite advances in medication and therapy, scientists are struggling to explain why asthma rates are skyrocketing, not just in City but nationally, and why the increase has been so severe in inner cities…. , of 1264 words 99. State, The Columbia, SC - August 2, 1999 CARE GROUP USES EDUCATION TO CONTROL ASTHMA IN KIDS Fact: Asthma is a manageable and reversible lung disease.Fact: Asthma is the most common chronic illness in children. More than 70,000 South Carolina children suffer from asthma. The South Carolina Managed Care Alliance decided to act on those facts.The managed-care trade group landed a $ ,000 grant from the pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. and launched an asthma management program geared to educating day-care workers on how to recognize and manage asthma in children in. Asthma symptom (12) Asthma treatment

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City Failing Kids With Asthma / Says homeless don’t get essential treatment

 

City Failing Kids With Asthma / Says homeless don’t get essential treatment

At a time when nearly 40 percent of the children in the city’s shelter system suffer asthma, a federal class action lawsuit charges that the city and state deny the city’s youngest homeless the essential medical treatment to which they are legally entitled. “Asthma has reached epidemic proportions particularly in this city’s poorest neighborhoods. New York’s homeless children with asthma are being denied the opportunity for a normal…

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Hospital uses new asthma treatment Procedure relaxes bronchial tubes

www.healasthma.com   Hospital uses new asthma treatment Procedure relaxes bronchial tubes   Highland Park Hospital is using a more aggressive treatment for children suffering from asthma this fall, the start of the asthma season triggered by autumn leaves, pollen and mold. The treatment, called continuous nebulization, distributes a large, continuous dose of the drug albuterol to the lungs through a small machine called a nebulizer. The drug relaxes bronchial tubes to help asthma sufferers breathe more easily.Many hospitals in Lake County treat asthma in emergency rooms or…   Asthma treatment asthma treatment ( It is on the increase both in the UK, where it affects up to one child in seven and one adult in 20, and worldwide. Nobody knows the cause either of the illness itself or of this increasing prevalence. And no radically new drugs have been introduced recently to treat it. In spite of all these difficulties, doctors and scientists working on asthma do not seem to be depressed. In fact they are optimistic, even confident.In part, their… , of 828 words 1500. Financial Times London, England - September 20, 1995 Management: Wanted: a breath of fresh air - Health Check / Work-related asthma is on the rise Asthma related to work - from which an estimated one in five of Britain’s 3m asthmatics suffer - is the only form of the disease which is genuinely reversible if recognised early. Yet few in business are aware of the condition. Earlier this year the National Asthma Campaign surveyed 500 small to medium-sized enterprises whose employees could be affected by the condition. Only per cent of companies contacted knew what the disease was, and only per cent of those had taken any… , of 598 words 1500. The Tampa Tribune - August 11, 1995 Survey: Asthma often undetected in kids Undiagnosed asthma is prevalent in primary school-aged children, suggests a survey of parents of 6- and 7-year-olds presented at the International Conference of the American Thoracic Society/American Lung Association, held recently in Seattle. Of 1,666 children, 3 children with asthma 19 percent were identified. Thirty-nine percent of those children had asthma symptoms that had not ly been diagnosed. The symptoms included wheezing after exercise, a dry cough at night, and sleep… , of 504 words : 51 - 60 of 295486 |12 5 6 78910111213 151617181920 . Philadelphia Inquirer, The PA - December 8, 1994 DEATH RATE FROM ASTHMA SURGES HERE THE CITY’S RATE TRIPLED EVEN AS AIR GOT CLEANER. POOR BLACKS AND LATINOS WERE THE HARDEST HIT. \ The rate of asthma deaths more than tripled in Philadelphia from 1977 to 1991, with blacks and Latinos in poor neighborhoods hit particularly hard, a new study has found.The rise in asthma deaths here was paralleled in some other big cities, researchers said, but it far exceeded the 46 percent increase in the national death rate from asthma during roughly the same period. Asthma deaths here climbed during a time when air quality in Philadelphia improved, suggesting that something besides… , of 1 6 words 1500. Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA - October 5, 1993 CHILDHOOD ASTHMA - WHAT IT IS … HOW TO DEAL WITH IT Childhood asthma affects 5 to 10 per cent of children in the United States. And the number of children suffering from asthma has been increasing over the last 15 years.According to Dr. Peyton Eggleston, Director of Pediatric Allergy at John Hopkins, inner-city children have been particularly hard-hit. Parents will want to know about his work with asthmatic children and what has been learned about childhood asthma over the last several years. Q: What is asthma?A: Asthma is a chronic… , of 10 words 1500. Los Angeles Times - October 13, 1992 Treatment for Asthma Urged During Pregnancy Asthma should be treated just as aggressively in pregnant women as it is in the general population, federal health officials urged Monday in a new report that they predicted would have a major impact.The report concluded that the dangers of uncontrolled asthma are far greater to the mother and fetus than any known risks associated with asthma medications.In the past, physicians often shied away from prescribing asthma medications to pregnant women because of growing medical concerns… , of 485 words 1500. SACRAMENTO BEE - MARCH 25, 1991 ASTHMA’S DEADLY TURN CATCHES MANY DOCTORS OFF-GUARD Quickly and quietly, asthma is killing people. Cases are increasing. Hospitalizations are multiplying. The death rate is climbing.Yet even in Sacramento, an asthma hotbed, the disease continues to be misunderstood, misdiagnosed and mistreated.Physicians have had good intentions in approaching patients with asthma, said Mark O’Hollaren, director of the allergy and asthma clinic at Oregon Health Sciences University. But two things have changed faster than the… , of 1 2 words 1500. The *Baton Rouge, La. - November 21, 1989 Asthma ** Medication can control problem Asthma, that villain of our respiratory systems, turns easy breathing into desperate gasping. Asthma symptom (10) Asthma treatment

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ASTHMA TREATMENT SHOULD BE PROMPT, FEDERAL PANEL SAYS

www.healasthma.com       ASTHMA TREATMENT SHOULD BE PROMPT, FEDERAL PANEL SAYS   Calling asthma under-diagnosed and under-treated, the federal government issued new guidelines yesterday that recommend prompt, aggressive treatment for this common respiratory condition. An estimated 14 million Americans — including nearly 5 million children — suffer the wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness and cough that characterize asthma, according to the latest government figures. Asthma claims 5,000 lives each year. What troubles researchers is that the incidence of asthma has… To him, it was a personal thing, and he tried not to give it too much thought. He had no idea that 16% of his classmates at South Division High School — twice the national average for people under 18 — also live with asthma.Like his fellow students, he didn’t know exactly what causes asthma, or how to prevent it. Over the past two years, though, South Division students have explored the illness, its causes, and… , of 1609 words 1500. Evansville Courier, The IN - October 23, 1998 ASTHMA FELLS 1,000 A YEAR IN COUNTY Asthma, which health officials say can generally be controlled, appears out of control in Vanderburgh County.Almost 1,000 people a year are being treated in local hospital emergency rooms for asthma attacks, and almost 1,000 asthma patients have been hospitalized here in the past three years, a new study found. Study participant Victoria Kelly, director of health-care quality and education for the Tri-State Business Group on Health, said there are several reasons the Evansville area would… , of 710 words 1500. *- February 23, 1998 A SCHOOL SYNDROME In the throes of an asthma attack, a sixth-grade girl gasps for air at Public School 101 in Forest Hills and there is nothing the school nurse can do except frantically dial 911. They took her to the emergency room, said nurse Eleanor Toussaint, aware of how asthma can spiral into a potentially deadly crisis.At PS 2 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, a first-grade boy can’t catch his breath. The teacher saw him not breathing right. She called me… , of 2695 words 1500. Newsday Melville, NY - April 19, 1997 PERSONAL HEALTH / A New Way of Dealing With Asthma ASTHMA IS a chronic respiratory disease in which the small airways in the lungs become inflamed and the patient wheezes and has trouble breathing. It is frequently underdiagnosed and undertreated, especially in children, and can lead to a host of complications, according to experts. It claims more than 5,000 lives a year. Treatment guidelines released in February by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, offer a dramatic shift in how physicians… , of 820 words 1500. Washington Post - January 3, 1997 SOARING ASTHMA RATE MAY BE LINKED TO DEFEAT OF CHILDHOOD DISEASES, STUDY SAYS Asthma rates are skyrocketing in the United States and other Western nations not because of increased air pollution or other environmental toxins, as many scientists have theorized, but because people are getting fewer serious respiratory diseases in childhood, a provocative new study suggests. The study, in today’s issue of the journal Science, suggests that diseases such as tuberculosis and whooping cough may permanently alter a child’s immune system in a way that… , of 1052 words 1500. *- December 23, 1996 URBAN ASTHMA RATES ALARMING ALTHOUGH CITY AIR IS CLEANER, ASTHMA IS BECOMING A BIGGER PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY FOR POOR MINORITIES, AND LEAVES SCIENTISTS PUZZLED. Figuring out asthma can be like trying to learn a foreign language. Just when everything starts making sense, you get to the complicated part - say, the subjunctive tense.“I’m a pulmonologist, and the more I learn about asthma, the more confused I become,” said Dr. David Mannino of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If things were only more simple.Since the late 1970s, urban air quality has improved by most measures, a… , of 84 words 1500. Journal Gazette, The Fort Wayne, IN - November 23, 1996 WAITING TO INHALE ASTHMA DIAGNOSES, DEATHS ARE INCREASING Asthma steals Carmen Herrera’s breath away, and no matter how wide she opens her mouth she can’t get it back.Each time it happens, emergency-room doctors restore the Oxnard, Calif., woman’s breathing with drugs. But months ago, she had an allergic reaction to the medicine they gave her. She tried to tell them it wasn’t working but fell into a coma. She came very close to dying before emerging five days later.“I was told before that… , of 1210 words 1500. Financial Times London, England - November 18, 1995 The Nature of Things: Western lifestyle brings on the wheeze - Pollution does not cause asthma, but it makes it worse. Andrew Derrington reports on the search for a cure Asthma is a puzzling illness in more ways than one. Asthma symptom (9) Asthma treatment

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The blockbuster herbal formulation for Asthma ….. www.healasthma.com     Asthma treatment asthma treatment (7) To him, it was a personal thing, and he tried not to give it too much thought. He had no idea that 16% of his classmates at South Division High School — twice the national average for people under 18 — also live with asthma.Like his fellow students, he didn’t know exactly what causes asthma, or how to prevent it. Over the past two years, though, South Division students have explored the illness, its causes, and… , of 1609 words 1500. Evansville Courier, The IN - October 23, 1998 ASTHMA FELLS 1,000 A YEAR IN COUNTY Asthma, which health officials say can generally be controlled, appears out of control in Vanderburgh County.Almost 1,000 people a year are being treated in local hospital emergency rooms for asthma attacks, and almost 1,000 asthma patients have been hospitalized here in the past three years, a new study found. Study participant Victoria Kelly, director of health-care quality and education for the Tri-State Business Group on Health, said there are several reasons the Evansville area would… , of 710 words 1500. *- February 23, 1998 A SCHOOL SYNDROME In the throes of an asthma attack, a sixth-grade girl gasps for air at Public School 101 in Forest Hills and there is nothing the school nurse can do except frantically dial 911. They took her to the emergency room, said nurse Eleanor Toussaint, aware of how asthma can spiral into a potentially deadly crisis.At PS 2 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, a first-grade boy can’t catch his breath. The teacher saw him not breathing right. She called me… , of 2695 words 1500. Newsday Melville, NY - April 19, 1997 PERSONAL HEALTH / A New Way of Dealing With Asthma ASTHMA IS a chronic respiratory disease in which the small airways in the lungs become inflamed and the patient wheezes and has trouble breathing. It is frequently underdiagnosed and undertreated, especially in children, and can lead to a host of complications, according to experts. It claims more than 5,000 lives a year. Treatment guidelines released in February by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, offer a dramatic shift in how physicians… , of 820 words 1500. Washington Post - January 3, 1997 SOARING ASTHMA RATE MAY BE LINKED TO DEFEAT OF CHILDHOOD DISEASES, STUDY SAYS Asthma rates are skyrocketing in the United States and other Western nations not because of increased air pollution or other environmental toxins, as many scientists have theorized, but because people are getting fewer serious respiratory diseases in childhood, a provocative new study suggests. The study, in today’s issue of the journal Science, suggests that diseases such as tuberculosis and whooping cough may permanently alter a child’s immune system in a way that… , of 1052 words 1500. *- December 23, 1996 URBAN ASTHMA RATES ALARMING ALTHOUGH CITY AIR IS CLEANER, ASTHMA IS BECOMING A BIGGER PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY FOR POOR MINORITIES, AND LEAVES SCIENTISTS PUZZLED. Figuring out asthma can be like trying to learn a foreign language. Just when everything starts making sense, you get to the complicated part - say, the subjunctive tense.“I’m a pulmonologist, and the more I learn about asthma, the more confused I become,” said Dr. David Mannino of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If things were only more simple.Since the late 1970s, urban air quality has improved by most measures, a… , of 84 words 1500. Journal Gazette, The Fort Wayne, IN - November 23, 1996 WAITING TO INHALE ASTHMA DIAGNOSES, DEATHS ARE INCREASING Asthma steals Carmen Herrera’s breath away, and no matter how wide she opens her mouth she can’t get it back.Each time it happens, emergency-room doctors restore the Oxnard, Calif., woman’s breathing with drugs. But months ago, she had an allergic reaction to the medicine they gave her. She tried to tell them it wasn’t working but fell into a coma. She came very close to dying before emerging five days later.“I was told before that… , of 1210 words 1500. Financial Times London, England - November 18, 1995 The Nature of Things: Western lifestyle brings on the wheeze - Pollution does not cause asthma, but it makes it worse. Andrew Derrington reports on the search for a cure Asthma is a puzzling illness in more ways than one. Asthma symptom (9) Asthma treatment

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The blockbuster herbal formulation for Asthma ….. www.healasthma.com     Asthma treatment asthma treatment (6) If they had continuing, severe asthma, they were more… , of 8 words 1500. Herald-Sun, The Durham, NC - June 10, 2003 N.C. children suffer untreated asthma UNC study says thousands have not been diagnosed Asthma appears to be a sleeper disease waiting to be diagnosed in thousands of wheezing children throughout North Carolina, according to a UNC research study published Monday in a leading children’s medical journal. Contrary to popular belief, the chronic lung disorder also strikes as frequently in rural youngsters as in their city cousins, causing symptoms ranging from mild wheezing to fatal suffocation, according to the UNC analysis of a statewide… , of 1002 words 1500. THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE - May 7, 2002 $12 million push to fight asthma Initiative based on state health study that finds growing problem Asthma problems are on the rise in California, a new state health study confirms today, prompting officials to launch a $12 million effort to improve prevention and treatment. Asthma sypmptoms have been diagnosed in an estimated 3.9 million California children and adults, or about 11.9 percent of the state’s total population, at some point in their lives, the study found. That compares with a national rate of 10.1 percent. The new data represent the first detailed… , of 751 words 1500. *- February 18, 2002 BREATHING UNEASILY UAB STUDY FINDS ASTHMA IN 10% OF CITY’S PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS Childhood asthma has been rising to epidemic levels worldwide, and new research shows that 10 percent of Birmingham public school children have asthma. From 1986 to 2001, rates in children under five in the United States soared 160 percent, according to figures from the Centers for Disease Control. Clearly, it’s been on the rise, certainly since the 1980s, not only in the United States, but all over the world, said Dr. Roni Grad, a professor… , of 956 words 1500. St. Petersburg Times - February 11, 2001 BREATHING LESSONS Asthma’s boom brings new need for awareness The number of people with asthma is jumping exponentially. As researchers float various theories for the cause, doctors struggle to keep it under control. Kenny Slaby coughs. When he runs around outside, when he sleeps at night, when he eats ice cream, Kenny coughs. It’s a thick, rheumy cough that comes and then goes, several days or a week at a time, for no apparent reason.Kenny’s cough had become background noise at home, his mom says, a glitch in the… , of 29 words 1500. Daily Telegraph Sydney, Australia - November 27, 2000 Battling asthma Many asthma sufferers don’t fully understand how to manage the disease. PAMELA WILSON reports There are few things more frightening than desperately fighting to get enough air into the lungs to breathe properly. This is a fear more than a million Australians face every day.Asthma is a serious health problem that affects a significant proportion of the population and evidence suggests it may be on the increase.“When you can’t get air into the lungs, nothing… , of 1152 words 1500. Hobart Mercury Australia - October 10, 2000 Eleanor flies kite for asthma ASTHMA Tasmania now has a human face and a symbol which may become as familiar as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome’s red nose. The face is Eleanor Patterson, a -year-old Lenah Valley mountain biker who has had exercise induced asthma EIA for about five years.Ms Patterson, who has competed nationally and internationally, said: “I have found if I manage my asthma properly it doesn’t affect the way I ride or how I compete.” Managing her… , of 0 words 1500. Chicago Sun-Times - August 15, 1999 City kids outpace U.S. asthma rate Asthma rates among inner-city Chicago children are more than twice the national average, but most kids aren’t getting proper medications, a new study says. Researchers questioned parents of kindergartners and found 10.8 percent of the children had been found to have asthma. Researchers estimated an additional 6 percent to 7 percent had undiagnosed asthma. By comparison, the nationwide asthma rate for children 5 to is 7.4 percent.Moreover, many of the asthma cases were… , of 6 words : - 50 of 295486 |12 5 678910111213 151617181920 1500. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - June 7, 1999 Attacking asthma Teens at South Division study air quality, link to lung disease Richard Salgado has suffered from asthma for all of his years. Asthma symptom ( Asthma treatment