Dana Reeve, a singer-actress, who devoted a significant portion of her life to care for her husband Christopher Reeve -the Superman -succumbed to lung cancer at the age of 44. She announced in August that she had been diagnosed with lung cancer. She was not a smoker.
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Baxter Healthcare Corporation has recently announced the availability of their GAMMAGARD LIQUID (IVIG) 10% Solution for the treatment of primary immunodeficiencies to patients in the United States. The company is to restrict the use of its current product GAMMAGARD S/D to only those patients that require a low Immunoglobulin A (IgA) therapy.
Unlike the many routine anti-inflammatory drugs that are currently being used to treat COPD, this study in The Netherlands involved use of a new drug named Roflumilast which targets the enzyme that is specifically involved in bronchospasm. Many COPD patients experience severe breathing difficulties when they develop bronchospasm -the sudden inflammation and narrowing of the airways. Roflumilast seems to help reduce inflammation in the airways.