BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 5 (TNSjou) -- The National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute issued the following news release: Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health have found that dual bronchodilators - long-lasting inhalers that relax the airways and make it easier to breathe - do little to help people who do not have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but who do have respiratory symptoms and a history of smoking. COPD, a lung disease   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: While tone-deaf Democrats brag about $4 per gallon gas, New Englanders are gearing up for a brutally expensive winter. Utility bills are set to surge this winter: * Natural gas customers can expect 50%-100% rate increases * Home heating oil is at a still-elevated cost * One Maine utility has proposed a 200% increase in distribution rates * Rhode Island energy rates are likely to be the highest  more