Archive for April 16th, 2009

  • Book Giveaway & Chat Announcement

    Book Giveaway & Chat Announcement

    If you’re not busy tonight, check out Island Press.org’s live chat on climate change at 7 p.m. eastern time. Island Press is an environmental publisher and community focused on “solutions that inspire change.” On tonight’s chat, they’ll be speaking with Anthony Barnosky, Berkeley professor of integrative biology and author of Heatstroke: Nature in an Age [...]

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  • Could Combo Inhalers Help the Asthma Gap?

    Could Combo Inhalers Help the Asthma Gap?

    Yesterday, I posted about some AAFA research on a perpetual problem in asthma treatment, the practice of stopping inhaled maintenance steroids when flare symptoms disappear. Recent Cochrane studies point to a possible solution, though–a combination inhaler somewhat like Advair, except it contains a short-acting beta-agonist and low-dose steroid rather than a long-acting one. The formoterol/budesonide [...]

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