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70 percent of deaths due to asthma in the UK are preventable: Study – Tech Times


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70 percent of deaths due to asthma in the UK are preventable: Study
Tech Times
In 2012, asthma was responsible for 1,250 deaths in the UK but a large percentage of these appear to have died of needless deaths. In the National Review of Asthma Deaths, doctors from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) analyzed195 asthma-related …
Poor care causes needless asthma deaths: ReportZee News
800 asthma patients a year die needlessly: Half were given the wrong medicationDaily Mail
Report calls for an end to complacency around asthma careMedical Xpress
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Asthma deaths: patients ‘dying needlessly’ because of poor care, report warns – The Independent


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Asthma deaths: patients 'dying needlessly' because of poor care, report warns
The Independent
The authors are now calling for an end to “complacency” around asthma care, after the report identified “major avoidable factors” in two thirds of asthma deaths, indicating more deaths could be preventable if these factors are addressed. In 2012, 1,242 …
Asthma killing people needlessly, says Royal College of PhysiciansThe Guardian
Asthma sufferers in the UK are 'dying needlessly each year because of poor …Mirror.co.uk
800 asthma patients a year die needlessly: Half were given the wrong medicationDaily Mail
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Hundreds of asthma deaths could be prevented – Telegraph.co.uk


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Hundreds of asthma deaths could be prevented
Telegraph.co.uk
Care of those with asthma was frequently delegated to practice nurses without training in it, the review found. The report's authors said complacency about the condition, which affects five million people in the UK, meant too many clinical staff were …
Wrong notions weakening fight against asthmaTimes of India

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Health officials: Indiana flu deaths rise to 40 – South Bend Tribune


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Health officials: Indiana flu deaths rise to 40
South Bend Tribune
Of those, 33 were people older than age 65 and 38 had underlying medical conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, asthma and renal disease. This flu season is "a bad one for the elderly," Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease …
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It's Official: Flu Outbreak is National EpidemicBoise Weekly
Flu season hits early: What you should knowBelvoir Eagle

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More flu deaths reported in Indiana and Illinois – Examiner.com


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More flu deaths reported in Indiana and Illinois
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Forty people in Indiana have died from influenza-like illness this 2012/1013 season, state health officials reported Wednesday. Of the 40 people who died, 38 had underlying medical conditions, including heart disease, diabetes, asthma or renal disease …
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It's Official: Flu Outbreak is National EpidemicBoise Weekly
Indiana flu deaths rise to 40; most victims over 65FW Business
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