September 6, 2016 Vitamin D tablets may help reduce asthma attacks, review finds The world's 300 million asthma sufferers could help reduce their risk of severe asthma attacks by taking vitamin D supplements as well as their standard asthma medicines, according to the findings of a review of international trial evidence.
August 25, 2016 US pharmacies sell cigarettes for less than other stores Cigarettes are often cheaper at the very place that people shop for health supplies and fill medicine prescriptions, according to a new study in California.
August 8, 2016 Novartis asthma pill shows promise in small trial The first new asthma pill in decades has produced promising results in a small clinical trial, potentially paving the way for another treatment option for patients by the end of the decade.
August 1, 2016 GSK and Google parent forge $715M bioelectronic medicines firm GlaxoSmithKline and Google parent Alphabet's life sciences unit are creating a new company focused on fighting diseases by targeting electrical signals in the body, jump-starting a novel field of medicine called bioelectronics.
July 20, 2016 Your inhaler's watching you: Drugmakers race for smart devices Makers of inhalers to treat asthma and chronic lung disease are racing to develop a new generation of smart devices with sensors to monitor if patients are using their puffers properly.
July 18, 2016 Fracking associated with asthma flare-ups For asthma patients, living near fracking sites is associated with more symptom flare-ups that require medication and hospital care, a U.S. study suggests.
July 7, 2016 Photo of dad sleeping under son's hospital crib goes viral A photo of a loving father sleeping under his son’s hospital bed in Pennsylvania is tugging at heartstrings across the nation.
June 24, 2016 Overweight young men may face high liver disease risk later in life Being overweight at 18 to 20 years old may signal that a man is headed for severe liver disease decades later, according to a large, long-term study from Sweden.
June 21, 2016 Do seasonal allergies make you more likely to get sick? Everything seems to be in bloom this June in many parts of the country.
June 10, 2016 Combination of marijuana and tobacco in pregnancy may compound risks Smoking both marijuana and tobacco during pregnancy may create greater health risks than cigarettes alone, according to a recent U.S. study.
