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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Parents of kids with asthma don't always realize when their children's treatment is inadequate, a new drugmaker-funded survey suggests.While more than seven out of every 10 parents interviewed described their child's asthma as "mild" or "intermittent," the ...

It is more celebrity than respiratory, but botox could prove a breath of fresh air for asthmatics if an Australian trial of the toxin launched Tuesday is successful.Botox, or botulinum toxin type A, is usually used to smooth wrinkles by temporarily paralysing ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One out of six kids with asthma receives an antibiotic they don't need, according to new study findings.The researchers found that doctors prescribe roughly 1 million unnecessary antibiotics to U.S. kids with asthma each year, potentially encouraging ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Rarely prescribed asthma pills made by drugmakers such as AstraZeneca and Merck are easier to use and just as effective as conventional inhaler treatments, according to research by British scientists.In a study in the New England Journal of Medicine, ...

Pills to treat asthma are less often prescribed than inhalers, but a British study published in the United States Wednesday suggests they work just as well and are easier for patients to manage.Researchers at Britain's University of East Anglia (UEA) followed 650 ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Rarely prescribed asthma pills made by drugmakers such as AstraZeneca and Merck are easier to use and just as effective as conventional inhaler treatments, according to research by British scientists.In a study in the New England Journal of Medicine, ...

Asthma cases in the United States have risen 12.3 percent since 2001, and nearly one in 12, or almost 25 million Americans, are stricken with the chronic respiratory disease, the government said Tuesday.The extra 4.3 million cases over the past decade also ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - About 25 million Americans, or 1 in 12 people, have asthma, a figure that is rising despite efforts to control key asthma triggers such as indoor smoking, U.S. government researchers said on Tuesday.According to the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Asthma is known to be a major health issue for children in inner cities, but a new study suggests that it may be an even bigger problem for poor rural children.Looking at data on 117,000 Tennessee children ...

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have ordered drugmakers to conduct clinical trials involving a total of 53,000 patients to test the safety of a controversial class of inhaled asthma drugs that are already on the market.The trials are being required ...

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Topic: Asthma

Parents underestimate kids' asthma symptoms

Australian botox tests for asthma patients

Asthma often elicits unneeded antibiotics for kids

Asthma pills as good as inhaler: study

Asthma pill works as well as inhalers: study

Astra, Merck asthma pills as good as inhaler: study

Nearly 1 in 12 in US have asthma: study

U.S. asthma rates rising but reasons unclear: CDC

Rural kids have more asthma, get less medicine

FDA orders safety studies for some asthma drugs

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