AARC News
Current news and information from the AARC:

• Patients Win in New Airline Ruling - May 8, 2008
• President Bush Appoints AARC Member to National Commission - May 7, 2008
• AARC Contributes to Disaster Preparedness Strategy - May 7, 2008
• Goals of World Asthma Day Live On - May 7, 2008
• Good Press: AARC Members in the News - May 6, 2008
• Respiratory Therapists Can Help Others “Control Your Asthma” - April 29, 2008
• Celebrate Better Sleep Month with Resources from the AARC - April 23, 2008
• Good Press: AARC Members in the News - April 23, 2008
• Open Forum Abstracts Now on the Journal Website - April 22, 2008
• AOL Features Respiratory Therapist as Top Job - April 21, 2008
• Look Who’s Going Green - April 17, 2008
• First Five Spring Specialty Section Bulletins Online Now - April 15, 2008
• AARC Receives Minor Damage in Texas Storms - April 14, 2008
• Health Professions Network Holds Spring Meeting - April 14, 2008
• Going Green. What Does It Mean for Respiratory Care? - April 9, 2008
• State Society Leaders Meet in Dallas - April 9, 2008
• Good Press: AARC Members in the News - April 8, 2008
• AARC Member Dies in Violent Home Invasion - April 3, 2008

AARC News Archive...

Professional News
Information from other news outlets:

• Restaurant Tobacco Bans Influence Teen Smoking - May 6, 2008
• Motavizumab Cuts RSV Infection and Hospitalization Rates - May 6, 2008
• How David Blaine Held His Breath - May 6, 2008
• Hospital ERs Overwhelmed, One-day Study Finds - May 6, 2008
• Researchers Find Quick Way to Make Human Monoclonal Antibodies Against Flu - May 1, 2008
• Tree-Lined Streets Associated with Lower Childhood Asthma Rates - May 1, 2008
• FDA Embarks on Major Hiring Initiative for Its Public Health Mission - May 1, 2008
• Glaxo Wins FDA Approval for Wider Advair Use (COPD Exacerbations) - May 1, 2008
• Nordic Scientists Start Trial on Nicotine Vaccine - Apr 30, 2008
• Asthma Rates in Some Chicago Suburbs Worse than Big City's - Apr 30, 2008
• AstraZeneca Asks U.S. Regulator for Symbicort Expanded Use - Apr 30, 2008
• Possible Viral Links to Lung Cancer Risk Uncovered - Apr 28, 2008
• Docs Fear Deadly Combo of Flu, MRSA - Apr 28, 2008
• Elderly More Likely to Battle Sleep Disorders - Apr 28, 2008
• Mothers' Cuddling Helps Preemies Bear Pain - Apr 24, 2008
• FDA Clears Glove Made from New Type of Latex - Apr 24, 2008
• Heart Specialist Michael DeBakey Receives Congressional Gold Medal - Apr 24, 2008
• Risk of Depression Dims Hopes for Anti-addiction Pills - Apr 24, 2008
• Expert Panel Insists Smog, Deaths Are Linked - Apr 24, 2008
• Wresting Back Years Claimed by Cystic Fibrosis - Apr 24, 2008
• NIAID Describes Research Priorities To Fight Drug-Resistant TB - Apr 24, 2008
• Life Expectancy Declining for Large Segment of U.S. Due to Smoking, Obesity - Apr 24, 2008
• Review Urges Aggressive MRSA Screening for Health Workers - Apr 22, 2008
• Strengthening the Global Response to XDR-TB: New Measures from Experts at WHO Meeting in Geneva - Apr 22, 2008
• Sharing Bed with Wife Helps Men's Sleep Apnea Treatment - Apr 22, 2008
• Federal Guidance To Assist States in Pandemic Flu at PandemicFlu.gov - Apr 18, 2008
• Flu Vaccine Beneficial for Those with COPD - Apr 17, 2008
• U.S. Must Do More To Stem Hospital Infections: Report - Apr 17, 2008
• Researchers Say Pollution Hurts Asthmatics - Apr 17, 2008
• Study: Flu Comes Fresh from Asia Each Year - Apr 17, 2008
• Small Company Gets U.S. Go-ahead on Bird Flu Patch - Apr 16, 2008
• Decimating Dust Mites Doesn't Stop Asthma, but Doctors Not Deterred - Apr 16, 2008
• Computer Feedback Can Help with Lung Disease - Apr 16, 2008
• Smoking, Drinking, Cholesterol May Be Alzheimer's Risk Factors - Apr 16, 2008
• FDA Investigates Transplant Drugs' Risks - Apr 11, 2008
• DHS-FEMA Releases Preliminary Observations from National Exercise TOPOFF 4 - Apr 11, 2008
• Disease Foundations Funding Research - Apr 11, 2008
• High-Dose Chemo Fails Against Small Cell Lung Cancers - Apr 10, 2008
• CDC Studies Health of Kids Who Lived in FEMA Mobile Homes - Apr 10, 2008
• Climate Change Brings Health Risks - Apr 10, 2008
• Gene Linked To Inherited Blood Biomarker Associated with Asthma - Apr 10, 2008
• Dry Airways May Be Key to Lung Disease - Apr 9, 2008
• Pfizer Updates Exubera Label with Lung Cancer Warning - Apr 9, 2008
• China toughens smoking ban in schools before Games - Apr 9, 2008
• A Month of Exercise Helps Ease Heart Failure - Apr 9, 2008
• Too Little Childhood Sleep Tied to Later Problems - Apr 8, 2008
• Faster Test Detects Fake Tamiflu Drugs - Apr 8, 2008
• Lawsuit Claims Man Received Cancerous Lungs - Apr 8, 2008
• CNN Asks: Do You Know a Hero? Share Your RT Hero Story - Apr 7, 2008
• Resistant Microbe Entering Hospitals - Apr 4, 2008
• TB Spread from Donor Organ to Recipient Needs Fast Action - Apr 4, 2008
• Congressional Hearing: Did CDC Stifle Toxic FEMA Trailer Alerts? - Apr 4, 2008
• Reduced Lung Capacity Accelerates with Diabetes - Apr 4, 2008
• China Approves Bird Flu Vaccine for Humans - Apr 3, 2008
• House Panel Backs Bill Giving FDA Tobacco Power - Apr 3, 2008
• New Warnings Issued for Flu Drug Relenza - Apr 3, 2008
• Dogs Can Catch Bird Flu Directly from Birds - Apr 3, 2008
• NIDA Researchers Identify Genetic Variant Linked to Nicotine Addiction and Lung Cancer - Apr 3, 2008
• Reason for Cystic Fibrosis Infections Uncovered - Apr 2, 2008
• Lung Ailment Hits Lung Association Members - Apr 1, 2008
• Home Oxygen Community Praises Congressman for Formally Opposing Deep Cuts to Medicare's Home Oxygen Benefit - Apr 1, 2008