FRIDAY, Dec. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A popular asthma inhaler is being discontinued Jan. 1, fueling concerns that patients may have trouble getting insurance coverage for alternatives. GSK, maker of the branded inhaler Flovent, will make “an authorized generic” version of the drug, but without the same branding. WhileContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Kids are home for the holidays, but the wonders of the season can pose problems for children with asthma. Sources of joy like Christmas trees, a Yule log burning or Grandma’s pet dog can all be unexpected asthma triggers, warns the American LungContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — If you’re one of the 50 million Americans with asthma or allergies, 2024 is another year to redouble efforts to manage them. But how? “It’s not always easy to get allergies and asthma under control,” allergist Dr. Gailen Marshall, president of the AmericanContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Folks who smoke weed along with cigarettes are doing serious damage to their lungs, a new study warns. People who do both are 12 times more likely to develop emphysema than nonsmokers, due to the damage they’re doing to the lung’s air sacs,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When it comes to the ultra-fine particles you may breathe in from polluted air, all is not created equal as it affects your health. Fine particle pollutants known PM2.5 — particles that are 2.5 microns or less in diameter — appear to doubleContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Biologic drugs to treat asthma have been around for two decades, but a surprising number of family doctors still aren’t prescribing them to kids and adults. A new survey found that more than two in five primary care docs (42%) are unfamiliar withContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A young woman working at a Massachusetts cannabis-processing facility who developed new-onset asthma and later died of a fatal asthma attack is the first such fatality in the burgeoning industry, a new report finds. Researchers believe large amounts of allergen-laden dust created atContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — If you’re suffering from COVID, you might want to grab a glass of warm water and a shaker of salt. New research suggests that gargling and rinsing your nasal passages with a saline solution may help keep you out of the hospital. InContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Clinical trials investigating use of two widely available products — vitamin C and the statin drug simvastatin — in critically ill COVID patients have yielded far different results. Simvastatin had a 96% likelihood of improving outcomes, including a 92% chance of improving survivalContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — While U.S. policymakers have restricted flavored vapes to make e-cigarettes less appealing to young people, that plan may be backfiring. A new study found that for every 0.7 milliliters of “e-liquid” for e-cigarettes that isn’t sold because of flavor restrictions, an additional 15Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed a ban on the use of formaldehyde in hair relaxers over concerns about its link to respiratory problems and certain cancers. Right now, the FDA only discourages using such hair-straightening products, which are typically usedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Toilet bowls reveal much about the health of a community, alerting scientists to coming outbreaks of flu and other seasonal viruses, researchers say. “Just one flush can hold a lot of information,” said Kristine Du, co-author of a new Canadian study. “Wastewater surveillanceContinue Reading
Croup can be a scary thing for new parents to watch their babies struggle with, so here is a primer on what it is and how to best treat it. Croup is a common respiratory illness, characterized by a narrowing of the main airway (the trachea), just below the vocalContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Women may soon have a vaccine they can take during a pregnancy to help protect their newborn from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Following approval one month ago by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on FridayContinue Reading