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New research shows that GPs need to recognise occupational asthma
Medical Xpress Dr Gareth Walters, the lead author, said "Most workers with new asthma symptoms present to their GPs first, so it is important for health care professionals working in primary care to recognize when these symptoms might be caused by or related to work. |
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New research shows that GPs need to recognise occupational asthma
HealthCanal.com A new report published today in the scientific journal, Occupational Medicine, finds that many people who develop work related asthma are not correctly diagnosed by GPs. Work related factors cause one in ten cases of asthma in adults but an audit of … |
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Do All Asthma Patients Need Inhalers?
KELOLAND TV Some steroid inhalers for asthma are quite expensive, and now a new study questions if all asthma patients need to use inhalers on a regular basis. People with mild asthma have been using steroid inhalers to prevent attacks for decades, but the study … |
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Feline asthma: What you need to know
Daily Camera Cats, unlike dogs, rarely cough due to heart disease or an infectious disease such as a common cold. Coughing in a cat is actually often due to a disease called feline asthma. Feline asthma can be called by other names including chronic bronchitis … |
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Study Says Many Asthma Patients May Not Need Daily Steroid Inhaler Use
CBS Local Dr. William Calhoun, a Chester County, Pa. native and now a University of Texas researcher, was lead author of a study that compared three approaches to asthma control. Even though they all worked about the same, he says, one approach reduces the use … |
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Mild Asthma May Not Need Daily Medication
Personal Liberty Digest Altogether, 342 adults with mild to moderate, persistent asthma took part in the study over nine months during the period of 2007 to 2010. All were diagnosed by physicians and all had either reversible airflow limitation or airway hyperresponsiveness. Only using an asthma inhaler when having an attack is 'just as effective' as … For Mild Asthma, Daily Steroids May Not Be Needed, Study Says Study Proposes New Way to Control Asthma |
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Mild asthmatics may not need daily steroid use according to a new study
New York Daily News Asthma patients may not need daily doses of inhaled steroids according to a study out Tuesday, a finding that could alter treatment for millions suffering from the respiratory ailment. Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston … Mild-to-moderate asthma sufferers may not benefit from daily dose of steroids For Mild Asthma, Daily Steroids May Not Be Needed, Study Says Study Questions Daily Asthma Meds |
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Asthma patients may not need daily steroids: study
Outcome Magazine 09/12/2012 Asthma patients may not need daily doses of inhaled steroids according to a study out Tuesday, a finding that could alter treatment for millions suffering from the respiratory ailment. Inhalers – Fluticasonejf Various inhalers used to help … |
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Asthma sufferers need less medication, study says
Houston Chronicle GALVESTON – A new treatment method could slash costs for tens of millions of asthma sufferers nationwide, according to a study released Tuesday by the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. The research showed that the traditional method of … |
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Asthmatic kids need better follow-up care
Toronto Star Most children treated for asthma attacks in Ontario ER departments didn't use the recommended follow-up care, according to new research from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences. The population-based retrospective cohort study looked at … |
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