Inhaler advice fear for asthma patients – Scotsman

Inhaler advice fear for asthma patients
Scotsman
MANY health workers do not know how to use inhalers properly and are, therefore, unable to teach asthma patients to care for themselves. a medical journal has claimed. A report in the Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin said: “Many patients cannot use
Healthcare professionals as bad as patients at good respiratory inhaler techniqueScience Codex
Inhalers 'not being used correctly'The Press Association

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Asthmatic mothers encouraged to breastfeed without fear as it boosts baby’s … – News-Medical.net

Asthmatic mothers encouraged to breastfeed without fear as it boosts baby's
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Children whose moms had asthma and were breastfed for four months or longer also performed better in tests measuring lung capacity, suggesting breastfeeding could lower the risk of asthma. The findings appear to contradict several earlier studies that

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Redhill woman overcomes asthma and fear of water to swim for Marie Curie … – This is Surreytoday

Redhill woman overcomes asthma and fear of water to swim for Marie Curie
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AN ASTHMATIC woman with a lifelong fear of water is swimming a mile-and-a-quarter for charity, in memory of a family friend who died of cancer. Christina Payne, 55, of Carlton Road Redhill, decided to take on 100 lengths of a 25-metre pool to raise

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Less fear of the flu for asthmatics? – Discover Magazine (blog)


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Less fear of the flu for asthmatics?
Discover Magazine (blog)
One of the reasons I tend toward a bit of hypochondria is probably the fact that what for others are inconvenient minor ailments often trigger my asthma. So nice to see this, Why Does Flu Trigger Asthma?: When children with asthma get the flu,
Study reveals asthma's viral triggerABC Online
Why Does Flu Trigger Asthma?PR Newswire (press release)
'Helper cells' aid in asthma fightMSN News UK
Scientist –WTMA –NEWS.GNOM.ES (press release)
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Breathing fear as city sees high smog level – Peterborough Today

Breathing fear as city sees high smog level
Peterborough Today
PETERBOROUGH has been revealed as one of the worst affected areas for “summer smog” as the Government issues an alert for asthma sufferers over Easter. Sustained warm temperatures and little wind has caused the first smog outbreak of the year – with
Smog over LeicesterLeicester Mercury

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