Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine
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Revalesio’s RNS60 Demonstrates Promise in First Human Asthma Trial
Revalesio Corporation will present clinical efficacy and safety data for RNS60 at the annual ACAAI meeting in Boston…
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Study Finds Obese Asthmatic Children Have More Complications with Anesthesia
A study presented at Anesthesiology 2011 found that obese asthmatic children were nearly two times as likely to…
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Lack of Health Insurance Linked to Fewer Asthma Diagnoses in Children
Lack of Health Insurance Linked to Fewer Asthma Diagnoses in Children Providing health insurance to more children could…
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Depressive Symptoms May Make Asthma Control More Difficult
Newswise – People with asthma are more likely to have symptoms of depression. A new study suggests these…
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Blood Proteins Predict Survival in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
A panel of blood proteins can predict which patients with the progressive lung disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)…
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Sildenafil May Benefit Children with Pulmonary Hypertension
Sildenafil is currently approved for adult pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH); however, new research presented at CHEST 2011, the…
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Midmark Partners with Cleveland Medical Device to Launch Portable Home Sleep Testing Monitor
Midmark Corporation, a leader in digital diagnostic devices for ambulatory care, announced a partnership with Cleveland Medical Devices,…
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Children’s Use of Asthma Controller Drugs Has Doubled
The proportion of children who used a prescribed controller drug to treat their asthma doubled from 29 percent…
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Asthma Quality Measures Not Linked with Reduced Readmissions
Even though there has been high-compliance or improvement by children’s hospitals regarding asthma care quality measures, improved compliance…
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MCAN Funds CHAMPS Partnership to Increase Access to Comprehensive Asthma Care for Impoverished, Medically Underserved Children and Families
The Merck Childhood Asthma Network (MCAN) today announced more than $4 million in funding to implement the Community…
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Dietary Supplements For Patients After Lung Injury Do Not Appear to Improve Outcomes; May Be Harmful
In contrast to findings of previous studies, patients who experienced an acute lung injury, such as from pneumonia…
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Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
1. Ambalavanan N, Walsh M, Bobashev G, et al. Intercenter Differences in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia or Death Among Very…