A very sad farewell

5:30am Friday 1st August 2014 in News By Elizabeth Mackley Ann Farthing outside her shop which she ran for many years in Victoria Road MUCH-loved Old Town antiques shop Penny Farthing Antiques has shut up shop for the last time after the owner, Ann Farthing, lost her...

Olodaterol Approved for COPD

Olodaterol Approved for COPD Kate Traynor BETHESDA, MD 01 Aug 2014— FDA and Boehringer Ingelheim today announced the approval of olodaterol oral inhalation spray as a long-term, once-daily maintenance bronchodilator to relieve airflow obstruction in patients with...

FDA Approves New Treatment for People With COPD

by — Mary Elizabeth DallasUpdated: Aug 1st 2014 FRIDAY, Aug. 1, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Patients with the progressive, deadly respiratory ailment known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a new weapon to battle the disease, the U.S. Food...

Rare disease like breathing through a straw

Eileen Anderson has to plan for every breath she takes. How many steps is it from the car to the restaurant? Is it so humid she’ll need her oxygen tank just to cross the parking lot? “I have to plan everything from the moment I get out of bed till the moment I climb...