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BUYINS.NET: DMC, GSB, AKNS, CPLP, DNDN, NSTK Have Also Been Added ...  -  25 Mar 2008
Trading Markets (press release),...including products targeted for the treatment of osteoporosis, diabetes, obesity, autism, respiratory diseases, and inflammatory conditions.

â€˜Iâ€™m Not Afraid to be Afraid!â€™  -  25 Mar 2008
Manila Bulletin,These slides would register the pollen incidence in these parts of Manila to aid our scientists with their study about respiratory diseases,

Direct Line offers to pay towards pet vaccinations  -  25 Mar 2008
Easier (press release),...and cats fall sick from illnesses that could have been prevented with vaccinations, such as canine flu, kennel cough and other respiratory diseases.

Watch Your Mouth: Michigan Association of Endodontists Offers Four ...  -  25 Mar 2008
PR Newswire (press release),...and gum disease may contribute to many serious conditions, including heart disease, diabetes, respiratory diseases and pre-mature and low weight babies.

UNC, Harvard Researchers Develop Inhaled TB Vaccine  -  25 Mar 2008
WRAL.com,...to effectively deliver medicines to the lungs to treat a wide range of respiratory diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

High levels of dust in the skies  -  25 Mar 2008
Famagusta Gazette,The Air Quality Control Service also said people with cardiovascular or respiratory diseases and those with weak immune systems should avoid heading

Good lab work can control killer TB  -  25 Mar 2008
Viet Nam News,Efforts are now underway by the National Hospital of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases to expand the same system to the rest of the country by the end

Tongjitang Chinese Medicines Announces Definitive Purchase  -  25 Mar 2008
Pharmaceutical Online (press release),Pulante's major revenue-generating product, Chongcao Qingfei Capsules, is an OTC product which alleviates the symptoms of respiratory diseases,

Residents protest fire at Deonar dumping ground  -  25 Mar 2008
Mumbai Newsline,Residents, including some doctors, claimed that the daily fire in the dumping ground has resulted in respiratory diseases like bronchitis and asthma among

CHMP Upholds Negative Opinion For The EU Application For Cimzia(R ...  -  25 Mar 2008
Medical News Today (press release),...biotechnology products in the fields of central nervous system disorders, allergy/respiratory diseases, immune and inflammatory disorders and oncology.

DHR urges older adults to live healthier  -  Mar 24, 2008
BladePlus,The leading causes of death for older men were heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory diseases, stroke and diabetes. So the Georgia Department of

Lower Mall, Township residents suffering from fatal respiratory ...  -  Feb 27, 2008
Daily Times,LAHORE: A large number of the people living at Lower Mall and Township are suffering from fatal and complicated respiratory diseases, such as asthma,

Politicians told to buy into asthma action and cut costs  -  Mar 24, 2008
ic Wales,Has your local health board made any reference to respiratory diseases such as asthma and services for people with respiratory disease in the local health,

Auriga Laboratories Announces The Launch Of Extendryl(R) PEM And ...  -  Mar 24, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),...and the Zinxâ„¢ Extendryl Â®, and Levall Â® Families of products for relief of symptoms associated with a range of acute respiratory diseases.

Fujairah seminar on respiratory diseases  -  Feb 24, 2008
Khaleej Times,By a staff reporter FUJAIRAH â€” GMC Hospital of Fujairah held a conference on the updates on the management of â€˜Respiratory system diseasesâ€™.

UAE: GMC Organizes Conference on Respiratory Diseases  -  Feb 25, 2008
Daijiworld.com,UAE organized a conference on 'Updates in Management of Respiratory Diseases' on Saturday February 23 at Al Diar Siji Hotel in Fujaira.

Resistant strains of flu virus, food microbes prevalent ...  -  Mar 22, 2008
AXcess News,Research presented at the conference ranged from information on the complexities of controlling and treating influenza and other respiratory diseases to

Clinical Trials Show Potential of Immunomodulators for Asthma ...  -  Mar 24, 2008
DG News...and receptors BAFF and APRIL are in clinical trials for a number of autoimmune disorders and could offer therapeutic benefit in respiratory diseases.

Irish respiratory death rates second worst in Europe - report  -  Feb 26, 2008
Irish Times,Ireland has the second-highest number of deaths from respiratory diseases in the EU with only Kyrgyzstan recording higher fatalities, a report published

Struggle and strife  -  Mar 22, 2008
ic Wales,Aside from the well-known respiratory diseases, â€˜bad breathâ€™, there were a number of minor ailments that were so much part and parcel of pit life that they

"Tongue Drops" May Cut Bee Sting Allergy  -  Mar 19, 2008
CBS News,And it's never been used to treat sting allergies, even in Europe, says researcher Giovanni Passalacqua, MD, of the Allergy and Respiratory Diseases Clinic

VERONA PHARMA PLC - Progress Update  -  Feb 25, 2008
Trading Markets (press release),As a PDE3/4 inhibitor, RPL554 targets the underlying cause of respiratory diseases by dilating the bronchial passages and blocking inflammation through a

Do you need a shot in the arm?  -  Mar 22, 2008
Daily News Journal (subscription),...but vaccines are not just for children," said Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.

NIOSH Welcomes Respiratory Disease Research Review From National  -  Mar 13, 2008
Safety Online (press release),...â€œWork-related respiratory diseases are a major cause of health problems among workers and NIOSH is dedicated to addressing this issueâ€?, NIOSH Director John

Lyon County approves CUP for Arco  -  Mar 18, 2008
Marshall Independent,Despite Engelsâ€™ concerns about his operation being at risk for respiratory diseases because the Arco operation will be close to his hog feedlot,

Farm health planning: Strict biosecurity keep disease out  -  Mar 20, 2008
FarmersWeekly,Another area where vet intervention has been beneficial is screening calves for respiratory diseases. Mr Redwood used to get one or two cases of pneumonia

A River Reborn  -  Mar 7, 2008
CounterCurrents.org,Cancer, heart attacks, respiratory diseases, failing vision and retardation of mental faculties were quite common here,'' recalled Abdurahman, who operates

Lung death toll soaring as we're second to Kyrgyzstan  -  Feb 26, 2008
Irish Independent,Respiratory diseases cost 6000 lives annually -- accounting for one in five of all deaths in Ireland, almost twice the EU average.

Smoking life out of Delhi  -  Mar 3, 2008
Delhi Newsline,And on top of the â€˜killer listâ€™ lies respiratory diseases, responsible for 9604 deaths in 2006-07. Heart diseases, tuberculosis (TB), and cancer took a

Argenta Discovery Announces the Initiation of a Phase II Clinical ...  -  Feb 25, 2008
PharmaLive.com (press release),Argenta has leading expertise in chronic respiratory diseases, including Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and severe asthma, and is developing a

China Biotech in Review: Approvals, Deals and Company News  -  Mar 24, 2008
Seeking Alpha,Pulanteâ€™s flagship product is an OTC traditional Chinese medication for respiratory diseases. To deal with its slumping stock price, 3SBio Inc. (SSRX)

Taking Your Child's Breath Away â€” The Extension of Asthma's Global ...  -  Mar 19, 2008
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),Global surveillance, prevention and control of chronic respiratory diseases: a comprehensive approach. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2007.

Uruguay Infant Mortality Rate Raises  -  Mar 20, 2008
Prensa Latina,The increase could have been due to incidence of respiratory diseases caused by the harsh cold weather in winter. According to preliminary figures,

CITY BLOGS  -  Feb 26, 2008
The Post,There have been countless deaths due to infectious and parasitic diseases; due to circulatory diseases, cancer and respiratory diseases.

GlaxoSmithKline and Amira Pharmaceuticals enter global agreement ...  -  Mar 2, 2008
PR-USA.net (press release),In addition Moncef Slaoui, Chairman R&D, GSK said: â€œAs leaders in the development, manufacture and marketing of medicines for respiratory diseases GSK is

Iowa reports increased child deaths from illnesses  -  Feb 29, 2008
Omaha World-Herald (subscription),BY TOM SHAW About 20 children younger than age 4, many of whom had respiratory diseases, have died in Iowa this winter. The Iowa Department of Public Health

Waste incinerator plan put on back burner  -  Mar 20, 2008
Berwickshire Today,...low birth weight babies and a wide range of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, depression, diabetes II, lower IQ and cancers.

Nigeria: How Air Quality Aids Road Safety  -  Mar 17, 2008
AllAfrica.com,...its cities and the increasing number of deaths caused by respiratory diseases clearly testify to the environmental hazards resulting from air pollution.

Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Children 5 Years After Conjugate ...  -  Mar 18, 2008
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),PJ Smith, Immunization Services Div; B Beall, PhD, CG Whitney, MD, M Moore, MD, T Pilishvili, MPH, Respiratory Diseases Br, Div of Bacterial Diseases,

Longer-than-usual flu season socks state, officials say  -  Mar 21, 2008
DesMoinesRegister.com,The department reported three weeks ago that about 20 young Iowa children had died from flu or other respiratory diseases.

Manufacturing Engineer, 020661  -  Mar 17, 2008
Seattle Times,...skin sensitization, allergic respiratory reactions, eczema, asthmatic-type conditions, and chronic bronchitis, and other chronic respiratory diseases.

While its prevalence remains a challenge, TB infection is decreased  -  Mar 24, 2008
Yemen Times,Dr. Faker Ali Al-Qobati, a professor in respiratory diseases at the medical collage of Sanaâ€™a University, and a consultant at Al-Thawra Public Hospital.

Blowing dust expected in area this weekend  -  Mar 1, 2008
Las Vegas Review - Journal,Airborne dust can aggravate respiratory diseases such as bronchitis and asthma. Children, the elderly and people with respiratory diseases in particular are

Students happy to dig latrines  -  Mar 24, 2008
Calgary Herald,...respiratory diseases -- water filtration systems, composting toilets, salaries for preschool teachers and funding for a dentist to visit the region.

Vaccination reminder  -  Feb 25, 2008
China Internet Information Center|,Shanghai health authorities are reminding locals to consider vaccinations as it is easy to catch infectious respiratory diseases during the upcoming season.

Riau haze blamed for rise in health woes  -  Feb 25, 2008
Jakarta Post,Besides those being treated for respiratory diseases and irritation, the number of diarrhea patients is also on the rise. In the past week, the number of

Dust of life  -  Mar 23, 2008
Thanh Nien Daily,Respiratory diseases plague residents performing this line of work, so that most of them have come to accept being sick as normal. After 10 years of working

Respiratory death rates 2nd highest in Europe  -  Feb 26, 2008
RTE.ie,Five years after the publication of the first Inhale report on respiratory diseases, the authors say that Ireland has a long way to go to deal with the

Remaining vigilant  -  Feb 26, 2008
South China Morning Post (subscription),If we prepare for it, we are not only preparing for Sars but for all acute, viral or bacterial respiratory diseases. Unless you are ready when things come,

Advanced Life Sciences to Present at Susquehanna's Second Annual ...  -  Feb 27, 2008
FOXBusiness...cancer and respiratory diseases, today announced that it will present at Susquehanna Financial Group's Second Annual SIGnificant Options in Healthcare

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