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I have been using inhaled beclomethasone and Beconase spray for asthma and allergies for three years. An optometrist warned me that he sees cases of cataracts quite often in people using steroids like these. My pulmonologist says he is not aware of any increased incidence of cataracts among patients on these drugs. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)

Authors: Finkelman FD, Hogan SP, Hershey GK, Rothenberg ME, Wills-Karp M
Asthma is a common, disabling inflammatory respiratory disease that has increased in frequency and severity in developed nations. We review studies of murine allergic airway disease (MAAD) and human asthma that evaluate the importance of Th2 cytokines, Th2 response-promoting cytokines, IL-17, and proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in MAAD and human asthma. We discuss murine studies that directly stimulate airways with specific cytokines or delete, inactivate, neutralize, or block specific cytokines or their receptors, as well as controversial issues including the roles of IL-5, IL-17, and IL-13Ralpha2 in MAAD and IL-4Ralpha expression by specific cell types. Studies of human asthmatic cytokine gene an…

Conclusion:
Eosinophilic myocarditis can present like an acute myocardial infarction and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome in patients with a history of allergy, asthma or acute reduction of the left ventricular function with or without peripheral eosinophilia. (Source: BioMed Central)

Authors: Fahy JV

PMID: 20130143 [PubMed - in process] (Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)

Authors: Agrawal A

PMID: 20130148 [PubMed - in process] (Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)

Increased exposure to air pollution in utero and during the first year of life is associated with an increased risk for childhood asthma, research shows. (Source: MedWire News - Pediatrics)

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