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Coughing or short of breath? KILLER lung disease could be mistaken for ASTHMA
Express.co.uk Experts suggest this could be because COPD is easily mistaken for asthma as both conditions display similar symptoms such as coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath. However, medics argue what is going on within the body is quite different. |
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'I'm lucky asthma doesn't stop me living my life' says Toby Anstis
Express.co.uk I had friends who were asthmatic so I knew it was something many people lived with.” Around 5.4 million people in the UK live with asthma. It is a chronic disease characterised by recurrent attacks of breathlessness and wheezing which vary in severity … |
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Medical staff accused of failing to take simple steps to cut asthma death toll
Express.co.uk A new campaign is being launched next week by British Thoracic Society, which represents respiratory specialists, and the charity Asthma UK to make doctors and nurses aware of the measures needed to reduce the death toll. The campaign highlights … |
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Experts reveal five steps which could reduce risk of dying from ASTHMA
Express.co.uk The British Thoracic Society (BTS) and Asthma UK, who have jointly produced five steps, believe hospital discharge is a 'golden opportunity' to review asthma patients' asthma treatment and care. The plan was triggered by the recent National Review of … |
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Could acupuncture be the cure for your niggling MIGRAINE or even ASTHMA?
Express.co.uk She said: "Traditional Acupuncture stimulates the body's nervous system promoting healing, the British Acupuncture Council have produced Factsheets on lots of common disorders like Asthma. "Acupuncture can help asthma sufferers by reducing … |
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Top asthma doctor 'charged £6500 for 16 minute appointment he claimed was two …
Express.co.uk A BRITISH asthma expert tried to charge a patient almost £6,500 for a medical consultation lasting just 16 minutes, a medical tribunal was told. By Jan Disley. PUBLISHED: 20:09, Tue, Dec 1, 2015 | UPDATED: 20:28, Tue, Dec 1, 2015. doc Cavendish Press/ … World-renowned asthma expert stuns patient by 'trying to charge him almost … Asthma expert hauled in front of tribunal after charging patient '£6500 for 16 … |
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Growing up with pets and animals chops risk of children getting asthma, study …
Express.co.uk The findings lend strong support to the "hygiene hypothesis" that suggests living in too-clean conditions early in life can increase susceptibility to allergy conditions such as asthma. Scientists analysed data on more than one million children born … |
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Call to end ban on spare asthma inhalers in schools
Express.co.uk The blue reliever inhalers used for asthma attacks are prescription-only, meaning schools were not allowed to keep spares for emergencies. But a change in the rules by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) could end the ban. |
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Woman finds MIRACLE cure for 'lifelong' asthma – and it's a laugh a minute
Express.co.uk Lynette Webbe, 59, suffered with breathing problems for six years before she started holding laughing classes. A year on she said her doctor has noticed a huge difference in her condition – and thinks the NHS should refer other patients to her classes. |
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Emergency hospital admissions in children with asthma are on the rise
Express.co.uk Every time two-year-old Harry Brocklesby had an asthma attack he would scream with fear. Unable to help, his worried family would take him to hospital. "He'd become very upset," says mum Donna, 34, from Aylesbury, in Buckinghamshire. "The more he … |
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