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Five Budget Cuts That Could Be Harmful to Your Health

Hard-fought-for laws and regulations to save lives and the environment will be gutted or eliminated in budget cuts passed by the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives or ordered by President Barack Obama's team, experts say. Public health and environmental experts say it's indisputable that lives will be...

Opinion: The High Cost of Repealing Health Reform

Before the ink was even dry on the Affordable Care Act, opponents of reform have been working overtime, doing anything and everything they can to repeal health reform -- and the vital consumer protections that are included in the law. For anti-health care Republicans, "repeal" might make for good political fodder, but for...

Ease Obstacles to Breast-Feeding, Surgeon General Says

WASHINGTON -- How long a new mom breast-feeds can boil down to hassles at work, whether her doctor ever stressed how super-healthy it is, even whether Grandma approves. The surgeon general is issuing a call Thursday to eliminate obstacles to breast-feeding - and working moms may see the first steps: The new health care...

Filipino Kidnapper Gets 23 Years for 1995 Abduction

WASHINGTON (Dec. 17) -- Fifteen years after leading a kidnapping that turned a family vacation into a hostage crisis, the former second-in-command of the Filipino terrorist group Abu Sayyaf was sentenced Friday to 23 years in an American prison. Madhatta Haipe led about 40 members of Abu Sayyaf in abducting 16 vacationers...

Opinion: ObamaCare Socialism? Not on Your Life

(Dec. 6) -- A recent poll indicates that 58 percent of Americans favor repealing at least some of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. I'm guessing that many of these opponents either oppose it because of misunderstandings about the abortion provisions or because they have been told -- and believe -- that this...

asthma News From the Web

05/24/12 Boehringer Ingelheim Announces Positive Phase II... Source: Pharmaceutical Online Inhaler (SMI) device in adolescents with symptomatic, moderate persistent asthma when added to usual care. 1 Boehringer Ingelheim announced that the company has a comprehensive confirmatory phase III trial programme named UniTinA-asthmaâ¢ ongoing to fully evaluate the potential of the long-acting bronchodilator in the treatment of asthma.
05/22/12 Boehringer Ingelheim Announces Positive Phase II... Source: PharmiWeb.com Inhaler (SMI) device in adolescents with symptomatic, moderate persistent asthma when added to usual care.1 Boehringer Ingelheim announced that the company has a comprehensive confirmatory phase III trial programme named UniTinA-asthmaâ¢ ongoing to fully evaluate the potential of the long-acting bronchodilator in the treatment of asthma.
05/19/12 GlaxoSmithKline completes transaction to increase its... Source: Pharmaceutical Processing GlaxoSmithKline plc ("GSK") (LSE:GSK) and Theravance, Inc. ("Theravance") (NASDAQ: THRX) announced today that following approval by Theravance, Inc.âs stockholders at their Annual Meeting held on 15 May 2012, and expiration of applicable waiting periods under the US Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, GSKâs acquisition of 10,000,000 shares of Theravance common stock on the terms previously announced on 2 April 2012, has now completed.
05/19/12 what is the treatment of asthma Source: Southwest Orlando Bulletin - Orlando FL
05/17/12 GSK pays $213 million to raise stake in Theravance to... Source: PharmaTimes GlaxoSmithKline has completed a previously-announced deal that increases its stake in Theravance, the firm's development partner for Relovair, the follow-up to respiratory blockbuster Advair.

Background on asthma

Asthma (from the Greek άσθμα, ásthma, "panting") is the common chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, reversible airflow obstruction, and bronchospasm.

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