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Why is childhood asthma on the rise?
Irish Times Dr Basil Elnazir, medical chairman of the Asthma Society of Ireland and paediatric respiratory consultant at Tallaght hospital and clinical senior lecturer at Trinity College Dublin, agrees. “The right answer to this is we don't know; it's a very … |
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Vitalograph A meter to manage asthma
Irish Times NEW INNOVATOR: MORE THAN 470,000 Irish adults and children have asthma. This is the fourth-highest incidence in the world, according to the Asthma Society of Ireland. Those with asthma need to constantly manage their condition. One of the main ways … |
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Asthma most common chronic disease among Olympians
Irish Health Researchers at the University of Western Australia looked at data from the last five Olympic games and identified athletes with asthma and airway hyper-responsiveness (AHR). They discovered that asthma and AHR had a prevalence of around 8% among the … |
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Device gives hope to asthma patients
Irish Examiner A groundbreaking asthma treatment device which is being manufactured in Ireland has been hailed as the most important development in respiratory medicine … |
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Chain to cut drug prices by average of 25%
Irish Times This will save people on medications for conditions including asthma and heart disease up to €300 a year. The savings are the result of a dramatic overhaul of the Boots Ireland pricing model. It has abandoned the traditional 50 per cent mark-up that … Cost of prescription medicines to fall Boots to cut medicine prices from Friday Boots to cut cost of prescription medicines for customers in Ireland |
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Asthma still claiming lives
Irish Medical Times Lloyd Mudiwa reports that some 50 deaths every year are attributable to asthma and poor control is still a concern for 60 per cent of asthmatics. Asthma is tragically still claiming one life a week in the Republic, the Asthma Society of Ireland, … |
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Warning on health effects of climate change
Irish Health By Gillian Tsoi The number of people around the world with asthma, allergies and other infectious diseases will increase as a result of rising temperatures, worsening ozone levels in urban areas and desertification (which causes fertile land to … Climate Change Heating Up Respiratory Diseases Lung doctors expect respiratory diseases will worsen with global climate change Doctors Warn Climate Change May Lead to Spike in Asthma Cases |
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Crucial discovery could lead to new treatments for asthma
Irish Examiner By Evelyn Ring Irish scientists have helped make a crucial discovery that could lead to new treatments for asthma, a disease that affects almost half a million people in this country. Prof Padraic Fallon from Trinity College Dublin and his … TCD research could lead to new treatment for asthma, dermatitis Scientists collaborate in discovery of new targets for the treatment of asthma |
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Pregnant women stop asthma medications
Irish Medical Times Many pregnant women with asthma stop taking their regular preventer medication during pregnancy, despite having worsening asthma symptoms, a new study showed. A survey of more than 100 asthmatic women carried out at an antenatal outpatient clinic at 36 … |
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New therapeutic targets in asthma
Irish Medical Times One way to classify asthma involves identifying the phenotypes of asthma – that is the clusters of properties observed in different types of asthma. Criteria related to clinical aspects (eg severity and frequency of exacerbations, airflow restriction, … |
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