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FDA Approves Budesonide/Formoterol Fumarate Dihydrate for COPD - DG News

Filed under: COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary Health — COPD - Google News at 4:32 pm on Friday, February 27, 2009

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FDA Approves Budesonide/Formoterol Fumarate Dihydrate for COPD
DG News
The approval is based on results from 2 pivotal phase 3 trials that evaluated more than 3600 patients aged 40 years and older with moderate to very severe COPD. The studies demonstrated that patients using budesonide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate ...
AstraZeneca reveals FDA Approval For SYMBICORT - Update RTT News
AstraZeneca wins new approval for asthma inhaler Forbes
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US approves AstraZeneca asthma drug for COPD - Reuters

Filed under: COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary Health — COPD - Google News at 2:15 pm on Friday, February 27, 2009

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US approves AstraZeneca asthma drug for COPD
Reuters
N) asthma drug Symbicort to also treat patients with the lung disorder known as COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the company said on Friday. The drug aims to help improve lung function and help manage symptoms over time but is not ...
FDA Approves Budesonide/Formoterol Fumarate Dihydrate for COPD DG News
FDA Approves SYMBICORT(R) for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ... PR Newswire (press release)
AstraZeneca reveals FDA Approval For SYMBICORT - Update RTT News
Forbes - RTT News
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Study: Exacerbations of COPD cluster in time - SmartBrief

Filed under: COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary Health — COPD - Google News at 12:39 pm on Friday, February 27, 2009

Study: Exacerbations of COPD cluster in time
SmartBrief, DC
A UK study found that exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease tend to cluster together in time, with more second exacerbations occurring sooner than later. The researchers said the data show a high-risk period for recurrent exacerbation ...

Low Vitamin D Levels May Increase Cold Risk - MedPage Today

Filed under: COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary Health — COPD - Google News at 11:16 am on Friday, February 27, 2009

Low Vitamin D Levels May Increase Cold Risk
MedPage Today, NJ
Explain that colds can be more severe and potentially life-threatening in patients with underlying chronic respiratory diseases such as COPD. Explain that this study found an association between colds and low vitamin D levels, but did not prove that ...
Sun May Help Cure Colds WLNS
Lack of sun leads to cold? Brisbane Times
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10-K: THERAVANCE INC - MarketWatch (press release)

Filed under: COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary Health — COPD - Google News at 5:09 am on Friday, February 27, 2009

10-K: THERAVANCE INC
MarketWatch (press release)
In December 2008, we announced positive safety and efficacy results from the asthma study and the COPD study with '444, and in February 2009 we announced positive safety and efficacy results from three asthma studies with FF. ...

Occasional smoking is far from risk-free, experts say - Newsday

Filed under: COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary Health — COPD - Google News at 7:14 pm on Thursday, February 26, 2009

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Occasional smoking is far from risk-free, experts say
Newsday, NY
Can you tell me if the cancer and COPD risks are similar to those of a daily smoker? ANSWER: Your risk of lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is clearly lower now than when you smoked a pack of cigarettes a day. ...
Commentary: Dying to quit smoking Arlington Advocate
Smoking – a transmissible disease, passed on by parents! Destination Santé
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Exacerbations of COPD May Cluster Together in Time - Medscape

Filed under: COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary Health — COPD - Google News at 5:31 pm on Thursday, February 26, 2009

Exacerbations of COPD May Cluster Together in Time
Medscape
February 26, 2009 — Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) cluster together in time, according to the results of a cohort study reported in the March 1 issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. ...

Commentary: Dying to quit smoking - Arlington Advocate

Filed under: COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary Health — COPD - Google News at 5:38 am on Thursday, February 26, 2009

Commentary: Dying to quit smoking
Arlington Advocate, MA
He, like more than half my caseload of geriatric psychotherapy clients, has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a combination of emphysema and chronic bronchitis, a consequence of a two-pack-a-day smoking habit he began when he was in college ...

Health & Science: Breakthrough in understanding the cold - The Heights (subscription)

Filed under: COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary Health — COPD - Google News at 4:33 am on Thursday, February 26, 2009

Health & Science: Breakthrough in understanding the cold
The Heights (subscription), MA
In patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), the common cold is deadly. Colds have been around, at the very least, for as long as humanity has. The only treatments we've had against it are palliative. Until this month, we were no ...

Everest 2009: Manuel A. Pizarro - Everest News

Filed under: COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary Health — COPD - Google News at 10:09 pm on Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Everest 2009: Manuel A. Pizarro
Everest News, Nepal
Raise money for the Quebec Lung Association, to help asthmatic children and people with COPD (emphysema and chronic bronchitis). Perform medical and pulmonary tests throughout the ascent. As a result, two books will be written: one on “High-altitude ...
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