Allergies can be a major problem for people during the spring, and in more ways than you might realize. Sure, allergies can cause sneezing, a runny nose, and nasal congestion,…

Although men have a higher rate of heart attacks, stable angina is 20 percent more prevalent in women, researchers reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Researchers discovered the unexpected result in the first large-scale study investigating risk factors for stable angina. They pooled data from 74 studies involving 401,315 people living in 31 countries, including the United States.

The National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) and the American Health Care Association (AHCA) praised Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and his bipartisan co-sponsors, Tom Allen (D-ME), Stephen Cohen (D-TN), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R- FL), Pa

The American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) urged strong and swift congressional support for a new bipartisan bill sponsored by U.S. Representatives John Dingell (D-MI) and Tim Murphy (R-PA) that would impose a one-year moratorium - essentially halting implementation - of seven harmful Medicaid regulations issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) said that findings in a new study from the Alzheimer’s Association, which estimates ten million U.S.

Bipartisan groups of 120 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 17 U.S. Senators sent letters to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) raising concerns about the impact of a new Medicare competitive bidding program on small durable medical equipment (DME) providers. The letters ask CMS to release data on how the bidding program will impact thousands of small providers.

In commemoration of World Tuberculosis Day, the American Medical Student Association (AMSA), the nation’s largest, independent medical student organization, is joining Families USA to call on Congress to increase funding to combat infectious diseases. The President’s current FY 2009 budget shortchanges both the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC), two major agencies conducting global health research that affects millions worldwide.

California’s generous winter rains have set the stage for a spectacularly lush spring-and a potentially severe allergy season, says Zab Mosenifar, M.D., medical director, Women’s Guild Lung Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. “The trails are magnificent,” notes the longtime mountain runner, who just completed his 26th Catalina Marathon. “I’d never seen the flowers I saw along the Santa Monica trails this season. The landscape is absolutely luscious.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the only major cause  of death that is currently on the increase. As there is no cure,  continued research into the disease and its treatment options is  required. Treatment of COPD is not straightforward, as there are many  subtypes of the disease and we lack methods of identifying these and  ways to measure progression of disease.

In the PHARMACI study (Pharmaceutical Care for Asthma Control Improvement), Els Mehuys (Ghent University, Belgium) and colleagues evaluated the impact of pharmacist advice on symptom control of adult asthma patients. This study, which was a randomised controlled trial conducted on 201 patients, shows significant improvements in the therapeutic outcomes of patients receiving pharmacist advice.