Asthma inhalers to be banned by year's end for allegedly disrupting ozone layer

Asthma
sufferers
who
use
inexpensive,
over-
the-
counter
Primatene
Mist
(PM)
inhalers
will no longer be able to obtain them
beginning in 2012, thanks to a
phase-out of the product initiated by
the Obama administration. In
accordance with the Montreal
protocols adopted during the Bush
administration, products that emit
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which
include PM inhalers, are an alleged
threat to the ozone layer, and are
thus being withdrawn from use.
The decision is a curious one,
though, as the Obama
administration recently...

The
findings,
presented
at
the
European
Respiratory
Society's
Annual
Congress
in
Amsterdam,
have shown central obesity as a risk
factor for the disease. Excess
abdominal fat has been linked with a
number of health effects, such as
diabetes and heart disease, but there
has been little focus on its link with
lung disease. Previous studies have
found a link between asthma and
body mass index (BMI), which is a
marker for overall obesity. This new
study looked at waist
circumference, which is a marker
for central obesity, to see whether
this...