Latest Health Articles for Asthma

• Puerto Rico warns of health risk from fuel fire

  article 2009-10-25  |  Author: Danica Coto
  Thousands of people living on the outskirts of a burning fuel-storage site in Puerto Rico were urged to relocate Saturday to avoid toxic smoke still billowing from the fire.More than 1,500 people were evacuated after Friday's earthshaking explosion at the Caribbean Petroleum Corp. in the suburb of Bayamon, just west ...

• Sydney dust storm; flight chaos, health worries

  article 2009-09-23  |  Author: Rohan Sullivan
  A pall of red dust blown in from the Outback clogged the skies over Sydney on Wednesday, diverting international flights, disrupting ferries and prompting a spike in emergency calls from people suffering breathing difficulties.No one was reported hurt as a result of the dust storm, but officials closed ferry services ...

• Costa Rica's president has swine flu

  article 2009-08-12  |  Author: Staff
  Nobel Peace laureate and Costa Rican President Oscar Arias said Tuesday that he has swine flu, showing that not even a head of state is safe from the virus that has caused worldwide concern but relatively few deaths.The 69-year-old president and Nobel Peace Prize winner said in a statement that ...

• List of drugs with suicide concerns

  article 2008-09-01  |  Author: The Associated Press
  A list of some prescription medications for which concerns have been raised involving suicidal thoughts and actions:_All antidepressants. Drugs such as Prozac, Paxil, Wellbutrin and Zoloft carry required warnings that the medications can increase suicidal thinking and behavior in some children, adolescents and young adults._Anticonvulsives. Drugs such as ...

• Smoky air leaves Californians straining to breathe

  article 2008-07-02  |  Author: Garance Burke
  California's raging wildfires have created a smoky haze so stifling that some doctors in the state's landlocked farm country say their waiting rooms have been crowding with patients struggling to breathe amid the soot-laden air.Even without the blazes, which have scorched more than 660 square miles statewide, the farming towns ...

• FDA investigating possible link between Merck's Singulair allergy drug and suicide

  article 2008-03-28  |  Author: Matthew Perrone
  The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it is investigating a possible link between Merck's best-selling Singulair and suicide.FDA said it is reviewing a handful of reports involving mood changes, suicidal behavior and suicide in patients who have taken the popular asthma drug.With sales ...