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HONOLULU (MedPage Today) -- An inhaled corticosteroid/long-acting beta-agonist combination approved for asthma improves lung function in patients with moderate to very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, two randomized trials showed.

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- Children with asthma who take long-acting beta agonists along with inhaled corticosteroids do not appear to be at an increased risk of life-threatening events, researchers reported here.

VANCOUVER (MedPage Today) -- A novel once-daily beta-2 agonist appears as effective against chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as once-daily anticholinergic treatment, researchers found.

Against expectations, asthma patients with different genotypes for the beta-2 adrenergic receptor all responded well to long-acting beta agonist (LABA) asthma drugs, researchers said.

Adding inhaled corticosteroids to long-acting beta agonist therapy did not increase treatment efficacy compared with beta-agonist therapy alone among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

ROCKVILLE, Md. (MedPage Today) -- A panel of FDA advisers reviewing the safety of long-acting beta agonist inhalers heard calls today from two agency staffers to ban the use of the drugs in children.

PHILADELPHIA (MedPage Today) -- Primary care physicians were more likely than pulmonologists and allergists to have changed their practice in response to the black box warning on long-acting beta agonist bronchodilators, said a researcher here.