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LONDON, January 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A fourth occupational asthma claim [http://www.fentons.co.uk/industrial-disease-claims/occupational-asthma-claims ] in three years against the same plastics manufacturing firm has been settled by Fentons Solicitors LLP, after employees developed occupational asthma because they were exposed to the chemical, 'isocyanate'. John Gibney, a member of the specialist Industrial Disease Claims...

FRAZER, Pa., Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Teva Respiratory has partnered with Apolo Anton Ohno and Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA) to launch EIB All Stars - a national campaign and contest to raise awareness of a common, but little-known condition called exercise-induced bronchospasm (EIB). EIB is a temporary narrowing of the airways during or after exercise that can make it difficult to breathe.( )Symptoms include shortness of breath, chest tightness,...

SCHLIEREN, Switzerland, January 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cytos Biotechnology Ltd (SIX:CYTN) today announced an update on the Phase 2b clinical trial with its lead product candidate, CYT003, in allergic asthma. The clinical trial will recruit approximately 360 adult patients with moderate to severe allergic asthma not sufficiently controlled on current standard therapy. The study will be conducted at more than 90 centers in North America and Europe, and is expected to read out...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Researchers writing in the journal Thorax claim that fast-food may be linked with childhood asthma and eczema. The team used data from more than 500,000 children in more than 50 countries, finding that a poor diet may be blamed for rising levels of asthma and eczema. They discovered that children who ate fast food, like a McDonald's hamburger, risked allergy-related conditions such as severe asthma, eczema and itchy, watery eyes....

CHICAGO, Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Getting a breath of fresh air isn't as easy as it sounds. Especially if you're one of 25 million Americans who suffer from asthma-and live in a pollution-rich city like Chicago. "The majority of asthma cases are due to allergic-asthma," explains Clarity Allergy Center's asthma and allergy expert, Dr. Brian Rotskoff. "In an area like Chicago where pollutants and environmental conditions constantly fluctuate, clear breathing can be a challenge."...

Spiro PD Personal Spirometer helps people with asthma, COPD, and other breathing problems monitor their lung health and remember to exercise, complementing American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology tips to make 2013 resolutions succeed. For more information, visit http://www.SpiroPD.com. Allentown, PA (PRWEB) January 02, 2013 For most people, the new year means new resolutions. To support the popular resolution to lose weight, the American College of Allergy, Asthma and...

Gecko Health Innovations will announce their first product, GeckoCap, at the 2013 International CES. GeckoCap is a new monitoring technology for pediatric asthma inhalers. Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) January 02, 2013 Gecko Health Innovations Inc., a healthcare mobile technology company, announced today that its patent pending new solution for pediatric asthma, GeckoCap™, will be unveiled at the 2013 International CES® in Las Vegas, from January 8-11, in booth #73409 at the Eureka Park...

Expanded global reach will help build knowledge base on asthma and allergic diseases which are increasing in prevalence and complexity worldwide Milwaukee, Wisc. (PRWEB) December 21, 2012 The World Allergy Organization (WAO) and BioMed Central, the open access publisher, are pleased to announce the World Allergy Organization Journal (WAO Journal), the official journal of the World Allergy Organization (WAO), is moving to BioMed Central's open access publishing platform to join the...

People with asthma have an increased risk of pulmonary embolism, according to new research. A new study, published online ahead of print today (20 December 2012) in the European Respiratory Journal, looked at whether people with moderate or severe asthma had an increased risk of developing deep vein thrombosis, or pulmonary embolism. Pulmonary embolism is when the main artery of the lung or the bronchi becomes blocked. It usually results from deep vein thrombosis; a blood clot in the...

Mother Who Lost Daughter from Asthma Attack Joins Lung Association Chief Medical Officer in commending Obama Administration's Stronger Particulate Matter Air Quality Standards WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Lung Association applauds the Obama Administration's decision to set a much stronger national air quality standard on particulate matter (soot), one of the nation's most lethal air pollutants. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set...