Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) causes limitation of
airflow in the lungs that cannot be fully reversed, leading to
symptoms of breathlessness, cough, wheeze and sputum production.
The disease, although chronic, is interspersed with periods of acute
symptomatic and functional deterioration known as exacerbations.
Exacerbations have important consequences (more…)

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Normal developmental changes during the teenage years leave young adult men at higher risk of heart disease than their female counterparts, researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
"Women’s protective advantage against heart disease starts young," said Antoinette Moran, M.D., lead author of the study (more…)

Morria Biopharmaceuticals Plc, a
biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel
anti-inflammatory drugs, announced that it has obtained regulatory
approval from the South African Medicines Control Council (MCC) to initiate
a Phase II study of MRX-4 in 105 patients suffering from allergic rhinitis
(AR). The two-arm, randomized, multi-dose, double-blind, (more…)

Buy diflucan pills Recent scientific findings explain why patients with a rare immunodeficiency disorder are unusually susceptible to certain common infections. By revealing the exact molecular mechanisms (more…)

Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) chronically high blood pressure in the blood vessels of the lungs whose serum sodium levels are low (called hyponatremia, or HN) have a very poor chance of survival and a high rate of right-heart failure (RHF), according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania.
Low blood sodium is already (more…)

For the first time, the American Heart Association has issued guidelines to help patients and healthcare providers tackle resistant high blood pressure that seems to defy treatment.
The guidelines are published online in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. This is the first consensus statement to define resistant hypertension and (more…)

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Images of sexy women tend to whet men’s sexual appetite. But stimulating new research in the Journal of Consumer Research says there’s more than meets the eye.
A recent study shows that men who watched sexy videos or handled lingerie sought immediate gratification-even when they were making decisions about money, soda, and candy.
Authors Bram Van den Bergh, Siegfried DeWitte, and Luk Warlop (KULeuven, Belgium) found (more…)

People with hypertension should routinely monitor their blood pressure at home to help manage the disease, according to a new joint scientific statement from the American Heart Association, American Society of Hypertension and the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses’ Association.
The statement is published online in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association, the Journal of the American Society of Hypertension (more…)

The results of new research on blood pressure
announced today reveal that despite Irish people getting their blood
pressure checked, the majority of them do not know what their reading is
(1). The research was commissioned by Boehringer Ingelheim in advance of
World Hypertension Day 2008 this Saturday, 17th May. High blood pressure,
or ‘hypertension’, is a very common disorder in Ireland and is associated
with (more…)

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration requested that SEI Pharmaceuticals, of Miami, Fla., recall all Xiadafil VIP Tabs sold in 8 tablet bottles (Lot # 6K029) or blister cards of 2 tablets (Lot # 6K029-SEI) because these products contain a potentially harmful, undeclared ingredient that may dangerously affect a person’s blood pressure and can cause other life-threatening (more…)

In a study appearing in the new issue of ‘Brain Stimulation’, scientists report that a new form of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is just as effective as older forms in treating depression but without any of the cognitive side effects found in the older forms. In the NIMH-sponsored study, Dr. generic lexapro online buy Harold Sackeim (more…)

Eli Lilly and Co (NYSE: LLY) and Boehringer Ingelheim announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has issued a positive opinion supporting the approval of Cymbalta® (duloxetine hydrochloride) for the treatment of Generalised Anxiety (more…)

Most people would rather not know what goes into the corndog they consume at the summer carnival.
But for the 12 million Americans with food allergies, awareness of ingredients is a must for safely eating their way through summer events, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI).
"People with food allergies must be extra vigilant when eating at summer (more…)

Circassia Ltd, a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on allergy and critical care, announced that following successful clinical results achieved in 2008 with its ToleroMune(R) anti-allergy technology, the company has now completed patient recruitment for a further phase II clinical trial in cat allergy. The study, which is underway in Canada, has recruited 120 patients with confirmed cat allergies, (more…)

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Personal stigma associated with depression is higher among men and the less well educated, according to research published in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry. The findings by the Australian team highlight the importance of developing programs to tackle the stigma associated with depression.
Researchers from the Australian National University examined both personal stigma, which is the (more…)

Asthma UK is launching a set of new healthcare booklets which will help people from South Asian communities, who have been admitted to hospital with a potentially life-threatening asthma attack, avoid future emergency admissions.
There are over 200 emergency admissions for asthma a day in the UK and people from South Asian communities are three times more likely than white (more…)

New data presented at the XXVII Congress of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) in Barcelona, Spain, demonstrate AERIUS® (desloratadine) significantly reduces allergy symptoms, including nasal congestion, sneezing, rhinorrhea, nasal pruritus and ocular pruritus, in (more…)

Real or perceived threats can trigger the well-known "fight or flight response" in humans and other animals. Adrenaline flows, and the stressed individual’s heart pumps faster, the muscles work harder, the brain sharpens and non-essential systems shut down. The whole organism responds in concert in order to survive.
At the molecular level, it has been widely assumed that, in single-celled organisms, each cell perceives its environment — and responds (more…)

Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISPH) announced that its Phase 3 trial with epinastine nasal spray for the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR) did not meet its primary endpoint.
"Our analysis of the overall data in this program and the current competitive environment in allergic rhinitis indicate that epinastine nasal spray does not show potential to meet our desired product profile in the United States," stated Christy L. Shaffer, Ph.D., President (more…)

Many people use "alternative" or complementary products because they see them as a more gentle form of medicine. The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care has now analysed the latest research on several products and released the results along with a guide for consumers.
St John’s wort (hypericum), for example, could help ease mild depression, but it does not help with (more…)

Men’s Health News
Plans are in the pipeline to raise awareness of health issues which affect men in particular.
generic soma online buy The Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon says the government has set in motion plans for the development of Australia’s first health policy for men based on a draft document developed in (more…)

Rasilez HCT® (aliskiren and hydrochlorothiazide), a single-pill combination of two high blood pressure medicines - first-in-class direct renin inhibitor Rasilez® (aliskiren) and the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide (HCT) - has been approved by Swissmedic as a new treatment for high blood pressure.
High blood pressure is estimated to affect nearly one (more…)

A single antidepressant tablet makes a depressed person see the world in a more positive light just four hours after swallowing it, a new study has shown.
Dr Philip Cowen, professor of pharmacology at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford, told delegates at the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Annual Meeting (more…)

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Is screening or treatment for prostate cancer the reason for decreased mortality in the USA, compared to the UK?
The striking decline in prostate cancer mortality in the USA, compared with the UK in 1994-2004, coincided with a much higher uptake of screening in the USA.
Nevertheless, conclude researchers at the University of Bristol, speculation over (more…)

Every year 346,000 new cases of prostate cancer are detected in Europe, every day 240 men die of the condition. At least 1 in 10 people age 65 or older suffers from urinary incontinence, the involuntary loss of urine. And epidemiologic data indicate that erectile dysfunction (ED) is a significant problem among men worldwide. As many as 42.8 million men are expected to suffer from ED (more…)