A few months back, I created the Steroid Question tab up there because I think parents of the newly diagnosed carry on an internal debate over maintenance steroids for kids more than any other aspect of asthma care.
Well I did, at least. The idea that inhaled steroids would actually help rather than hurt was […]
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Link Between Women’s Adult-Onset Asthma and Heart Disease
According to this report in the American Journal of Cardiology, the same doesn’t hold true for men and adult-onset asthma, or for anyone of either gender with child-onset asthma.
(As if the whole not-breathing part weren’t bad enough.)
Yet Another Study Linking Early Preventative Steroids to Long-Term Asthma Control
This one […]
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Since all the Singulair news came out right before I left town, I’m moving today’s regular Weird Health feature to tomorrow next week.
Today, let’s talk Singulair.
First, a disclaimer. Talking about medication, side effects, and pharmaceutical companies can be about as explosive as talking about politics. What I’m writing here is my own take on the […]
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And the answer to yesterday’s Lung Fact No. 1:
Your right lung is bigger than your left one in order to make room for your heart. I had no idea, did you?
Now for the links.
FDA Wants More Info on Long-Acting Beta Agonists
You may remember the FDA’s been conducting a sort-of risk-benefit analysis of using Advair, […]
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Testing for Asthma with Lasers
This one is straight out of a science fiction movie. Researchers at the University of Colorado of Boulder have figured out how to shoot a person’s breath with laser light to detect biomarkers for certain diseases, including asthma. As I understand it, if doctors can use the technology for diagnosis in […]
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I can take my own hint.
After pushing Friday Links to the weekend for the past 2 weeks, I’ve decided to move the feature to Saturdays from now on. That’s where it usually ends up, anyway. Plus, rather than use Saturday Links to describe new additions to the sidebars, I’m also going to include interesting bits […]
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Do you need another reason to eat more fruits, vegetables, grains, and nuts?
If you’re pregnant or a woman thinking about getting pregnant sometime, how about evidence that suggests following the Mediterranean diet during pregnancy helps prevent asthma and allergies in children?
I’m sure you’ve heard of this eating plan before, since it’s gotten fairly trendy over […]
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New Year’s Eve has always struck me as a wonderfully hopeful and neat, elegant way to bookend the holiday season. Sure it’s hard to let go of Christmas, but New Year’s helps. The ending and beginning that marks midnight means undecorating the tree and packing away my front-door wreath, only WITH A PARTY. Genius.
Also brilliant […]
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If you want a good scare this morning, go read yesterday’s FDA Science Board report, FDA Science and Mission at Risk in this pdf. In it, the board outlines how the agency that oversees the safety of this entire country’s food and drug supply doesn’t have the money and therefore the kind of adequately trained […]
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Looks like the FDA may use tougher language on the Serevent and Advair black box warnings.
At least, that’s what yesterday’s committee suggested to the FDA after considering salmeterol’s possible side effects in asthmatic children.
The current warning should address children specifically, says the independent committee, and it should warn that using the drug increases the risk […]
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