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Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Researchers from Imperial College London recently conducted a study that showed a relationship between jobs related to cleaning and the risk of developing asthma. In the study, the team of investigators recorded the development of asthma in 9,488 participants who were born in Britain in 1958. Nine percent of the individuals were found to develop asthma by the age of 42; the percentage does not include the number of people who had...

SCHLIEREN, Switzerland, January 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cytos Biotechnology Ltd (SIX:CYTN) today announced that Novartis will discontinue the NIC002 project, which is a therapeutic vaccine candidate for the treatment of nicotine addiction. Already communicated in October 2009 were results from a Phase 2 study with NIC002 conducted by Novartis that showed formation of nicotine-specific antibodies in patients but did not meet its primary endpoint of increased smoking...

This study is a Phase 2, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Randomized Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of a New Drug in Subjects with Asthma Inadequately Controlled by Corticosteroids Birmingham, Alabama (PRWEB) January 22, 2013 **Achieve Clinical Research is now enrolling for Asthma Clinical Trials in Alabama. To get started, visit Achieve Clinical Research or call us directly at (205) 380-6434. BACKGROUND & RATIONALE Asthma is a chronic disease characterized...

Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Asthma in childhood is no different a disease than asthma that adults with the condition face. However, in children, asthma does pose unique challenges. The condition, characterized by inflammation of the lungs and airways when exposed to certain triggers, e.g. airborne pollens, cold weather and respiratory infections, can be responsible for interruptions to the daily lives of children. Daily symptoms are often an impediment to...

Strongest links found for jobs involving cleaning and cleaning agents The strongest evidence seems to be for jobs involving cleaning or cleaning agents, the research suggests. The authors base their findings on the job histories up to the age of 42 of almost 7,500 British adults born in 1958, all of whom were taking part in the National Child Development Study, which is tracking the long term health of more than 11,000 people living in Britain. Information about symptoms of asthma or...

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."...