Inhaled steroids protected 9/11 firefighters: study
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As New York City firefighters struggled to find survivors in the haze and rubble of the World Trade Center collapse, the fire department's chief doctor was thinking about how to keep them safe from toxins in the air.
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Rescue and recovery workers at ground zero have developed asthma at a rate that is 12 times what would be expected for adults, according to the city health department.
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A drug used to treat impotence could  help Israeli fighter pilots operate at high altitude, the  Israeli military's official magazine reported in its latest  issue.
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Americans who said they became anxious and stressed after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks Â some just from watching the collapse of the twin towers on television Â reported higher rates of heart disease up to three years later, researchers said.
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NEW YORK  - The use of beta-agonist inhalers, which include drugs such as Proventil (albuterol), for asthma appears to promote the accumulation of immune cells called type 2 T cells, according to a report in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. The results reinforce the importance of including anti-inflammatory steroids, note the authors.
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Using steroids to treat patients with severe head injuries can be deadly, according to a new study published in the medical journal Lancet.
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Veterans of the 1991 Persian Gulf War exposed to pollution from oil well fires, exhausts and other sources may face an increased risk of lung cancer, a government advisory group reported Monday.
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A drug used to treat impotence could  help Israeli fighter pilots operate at high altitude.
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NEW YORK  - Asthma provoked by physical exertion is a common and often unrecognized occurrence in collegiate athletes, a study shows.
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NEW YORK  - The inhaled drug fluticasone propionate is unlike to cause major hormone disturbances in patients with severe asthma, according to a report in the Annals of Allergy Asthma and Immunology.
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Most of the health problems reported after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks have involved respiratory difficulties and mental distress, according to a U.S. government report published on Wednesday.
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By JILL SCHENSUL, STAFF WRITER OK, so maybe I was blind as a bat without my glasses on. Maybe I wasn't in military-grade health and could burst into status asthmaticus at any time. And, no, I haven't logged 1,000 hours behind the controls of a jet fighter.
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NEW YORK  - In the short term, the risk of  nonvertebral fracture is not increased in older adults with  asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who use  inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), a study shows.
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Children with allergic conditions such as asthma may receive too high a dose of steroids, drug experts warn.
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NEW YORK  - People who use an inhaled  steroid long-term to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary  disease (COPD), or emphysema, face a loss of bone mineral  density in the hip and spine, a new study shows.
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NEW YORK  - Ten years after their  deployment, veterans of the Gulf War in 1990-1991 do not seem  to be more likely than normal to develop lung or breathing  problems, investigators report.
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In a radical experiment, doctors are snaking wires inside the lungs of asthma patients to essentially burn off some of the tissue that blocks their ability to breathe.