Article: COPD PATIENTS ACHIEVE BETTER LUNG FUNCTION WITH SPIRIVA AND FORMOTEROL: STUDY.

Article: Budesonide/formoterol as effective as prednisolone plus ...
Respiratory Research;  February 19, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... duration. Frequent exacerbations result in further decline in lung function, quality of life [1, 2] and drive mortality [3 ... formoterol combination could be as effective as prednisolone plus formoterol for this type of acute exacerbations not requiring immediate ...

Article: Budesonide plus formoterol associated with better ...
Formulary;  August 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... included measures of day-to-day asthma control, including lung function, symptom-free days, and asthma-related quality of life ... treatments demonstrated statistically similar improvements in lung function, asthma control days, and asthma-related qualityof ...

Article: Head-to-Head Study Shows COPD Patients Achieve Significantly ...
PR Newswire Europe;  September 18, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... tiotropium plus formoterol experienced ... improvements in lung function, including ... tiotropium plus formoterol group improved ... tiotropium plus formoterol versus salmeterol ... deterioration of lung function resulting in ...

Article: Research from Leiden University, Department of Pulmonology in the ...
Biotech Week;  September 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... to compare lung function improvements ... microg qd, plus formoterol, 12 microg ... the 12-h lung function profiles ... tiotropium plus formoterol were superior ... Tiotropium plus formoterol was superior in lung function over the ...

Article: Lung function worsens for some children with ...
Biotech Week;  August 25, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... asthma suffered a significant loss of lung function over the course of 4-6 years. The ... children with mild asthma can lose lung function," said senior author Stanley Szefler ... at National Jewish. "A child whose lung function continues to decline at the rates we ...

Article: Longitudinal association of body mass index with lung ...
Respiratory Research;  April 4, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Background Many studies find that lung function, as described by the forced expiratory ... exposures [4, 5, 6, 7, 8]. Peak lung function in early adulthood is related to gender ... pollution [7, 8, 9]. In addition, lung function is decreased by excess body fatness ...

Article: USC Study Confirms Air Pollution Linked to Slowed Lung ...
Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... new findings address the development of lung function in children, showing that lung function growth of kids in polluted areas lags ... of children in areas with cleaner air. Lung function is a medical term describing lung capacity ...