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ASTEPRO(TM) (azelastine hydrochloride) Nasal Spray Hits U.S. Pharmacies SOMERSET, N.J., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- This allergy season, a new medication is available to manage the symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis, a condition that impacts as many as 40 million people in the United States. ASTEPRO Nasal Spray contains azelastine in a unique vehicle formulated for enhanced patient benefits. Azelastine is the active ingredient in ASTELIN(R) (azelastine hydrochloride), a leading...

LONDON and NEW YORK, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Morria Biopharmaceuticals Plc, a biopharmaceutical company focused on novel, anti-inflammatory drugs, today announced positive data from its ICH compliant Phase II equivalent multi-center study of MRX-4 (n=105) in patients suffering from allergic rhinitis. MRX-4 was given as an intranasal spray formulation. The Nasal Allergen Challenge (NAC) study was conducted in allergic rhinitis patients outside of the local allergy season. MRX-4 was compared...

NEW YORK, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Edmund Kwan, a New York-based surgeon specializing in plastic and cosmetic surgery for the ethnic patient, is now offering a non-surgical nose job as a new alternative to rhinoplasty surgery. The surgery is non-invasive and offers faster results and healing time. Completed in less than 20 minutes, the procedure requires no recovery time and is, on average, an eighth of the cost of traditional nose surgery. Results can last up to two years. "The...

Sepracor Inc. (Nasdaq: SEPR) today announced that OMNARIS™ (ciclesonide) Nasal Spray is now available by prescription in pharmacies nationwide. OMNARIS Nasal Spray is indicated for the treatment of nasal symptoms associated with seasonal allergic rhinitis in adults and children 6 years of age and older, and with perennial allergic rhinitis in adults and adolescents 12 years of age and older. "We believe that OMNARIS Nasal Spray is a strategically seamless fit with our proprietary...

Ready for allergies? Tree pollen is in the air and grass pollen isn't far behind. That means it's time to start taking antihistamines if you have seasonal allergies, even if you don't have symptoms yet, said Wichita allergist Joel Fromer of the Allergy and Asthma Center. "The earlier you start your medications, the better off you will be," Fromer said Monday. "Antihistamines can't possibly keep up" once symptoms appear. "I tell my patients to start their allergy...

New research shows simple salt water may be the best cure for a child's cold symptoms.  In a recent European study, rinsing with a nasal spray made from Atlantic Ocean seawater improved cold and cough symptoms faster and prevented recurrence in children 6-10 years old.The study, funded by Goemar Laboratories La Madeleine, Saint-Malo, France, which makes Physiomer, the seawater nasal spray used in the analysis, was published in this month's issue of the Archives of Otolaryngology.The...

By MONICA CORCORAN, LOS ANGELES TIMES When Kanye West's mother, Donda, died of complications after cosmetic surgery in November, the media homed in on the troubling history of her doctor and the risks associated with the procedure. The hip-hop star has yet to speak out on his mother's death, and there are many unknowns. But one question that might never be answered is this: How did Kanye West feel when his mother decided to undergo a tummy tuck and breast reduction at age 58? Or did she even...

Aardvark Medical, LLC, recently participated in the large medical device conference June 3-5. The Company presented its early stage device concepts based on patent-pending technology. The platform technology allows delivery of a comfortable medicated spray and an effective nasal suction to occur simultaneously or independently. It makes the age-old therapy of sinus and nasal saline irrigation effective, comfortable and therefore adoptable. While sinus and nasal congestion have long...

NEW YORK -- By studying blindfolded college students who crawled through grass to sniff out a chocolate-scented trail, scientists say they've found evidence of a human smelling ability that experts thought was impossible.The study indicates the human brain compares information it gets from each nostril to get clues about where a smell is coming from. And it suggests dogs, mice and other mammals do the same thing, contrary to what most scientists have thought.People compare signals from each...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Research suggests that healthy newborn infants do not have what doctors call "nasoaxillary reflex" -- a protective reflex that helps keep their nasal passages open. In adults lying on their side, the nasoaxillary reflex ensures that the uppermost nasal airway is open, Dr. Christopher O'Callaghan of the University of Leicester, UK, and colleagues explain in the journal Archives of Diseases of Childhood. The researchers used acoustic rhinometry, a technique...