ATS Journal News Tips--June: 1) Lack of Health Insurance Shortens Lives of Cystic Fribrosis Patients 2) New Compound May Effective For Treating Asthma 3) Study Raises Implications For Gene Therapy For Cystic Fribrosis
The May issues of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) journals include: an ATS assessment of new TB diagnostic tests which are called a "significant advance;" a study finding that critically ill patients with cardiovascular disease should unergo red cell transfusions; and an expert perspective raising the hypothesis that nitric oxide may inhibit gene therapy.
Three months after the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released updated asthma treatment guidelines, new research presented here at the American Lung Association/American Thoracic Society International Conference indicates that many asthma patients are not following treatment recommendations from an earlier 1991 report. But one new study shows that when patients with asthma follow the recommended guidelines, their asthma improves and hospital visits dramatically decrease.
New studies presented here at the American Lung Association/American Thoracic Society International Conference add to the evidence that air pollution is harmful and even deadly.
Faced with declining tobacco use and new regulations in the United States, tobacco companies increasingly are focusing their attention on the global marketplace, according to experts speaking here at the American Lung Association/American Thoracic Society International Conference.
The following stories appear in the American Thoracic Society (ATS) April Journals: 1- Some adults "outgrow" asthma; 2- A leukotriene antagonist effectively controls moderate-to-severe asthma; 3- Female asthma patients on oral contraceptives have less exacerbated asthma during the menstrual cycle. Embargoed: April 17, 1997, 6:00 p.m.
The following stories appear in the American Thoracic Society (ATS) March journals: 1- pulmonary problems greater in low income individuals; 2- moderate levels of air pollution can cause respiratory problems in children; 3- how cigarette smoke inhalation stimulates bone marrow. EMBARGOED: Mar. 20, 1997, 6:00 p.m.
February Tips from American Thoracic Society Journals: 1) Summertime Haze Worsens Asthma Attacks; 2) Prison Population At High Risk For Tuberculosis
The following stories appear in the January issue of the American Thoracic Society's (ATS) American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 1 - Withdrawing life support from terminally ill patients reportedly more routinely accepted by physicians and patient families. 2 - Sleep disordered breathing found to be twice as prevalent among African Americans than Caucasians. Embargoed For Release: January 16, 1997 6:00 p.m.
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