Gastric band complications warning – OnMedica

Gastric band complications warning
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Doctors are being asked to consider complications arising from having a gastric band fitted when patients present with asthma-like or pulmonary problems that do not respond to treatment. As the number of people having gastric bands fitted to lose
As Gastric Banding Increases, So May ComplicationsU.S. News & World Report
Case Report: Gastric Band MigratesMedPage Today

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Tiny babies still have problems as teens – OnMedica

Tiny babies still have problems as teens
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A study in this week's JAMA showed that rates of asthma and other chronic health conditions did not increase between the ages of 8 and 14 years but the rate of obesity rose. Researchers had previously followed 181 extremely low birthweight (ELBW)
Stable Rate of Chronic Conditions for Children Born at <1 kgDoctors Lounge
Change in Prevalence of Chronic Conditions Between Childhood and Adolescence Journal of American Medical Association (subscription)

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Delaying asthma care can have serious results – OnMedica

Delaying asthma care can have serious results
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People who delay presenting for emergency asthma care may have worse outcomes than those who seek help sooner, and be more likely to require admission, researchers have found. They told the American Thoracic Society 2011 International Conference in
ATS: Many Parents of Children With Asthma Avoid Flu VaccineDoctors Lounge

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Insufficient GP training in asthma putting patients’ lives at risk – OnMedica


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Insufficient GP training in asthma putting patients' lives at risk
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More than half of GPs believe that the number of deaths from asthma could be reduced through better care and a third believe that asthma care should be given a higher priority, a survey by Asthma UK and the Primary Care Respiratory Society has found.
Call for more GP asthma trainingBBC News
'Lack of asthma training is putting patients' lives at risk'WalesOnline
Asthma deaths 'could be cut with GP training'Metro
Yorkshire Post –FemaleFirst.co.uk –European Lung Foundation
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Prescription charges to be abolished in Scotland – OnMedica


Daily Mail

Prescription charges to be abolished in Scotland
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Gordon Brown, national director of Asthma UK Scotland, said: “We welcome the abolition of prescription charges for people with asthma. We know that there have been people with asthma in Scotland who failed to get all or some of their medicines
Prescription charges to be axed in ScotlandWebMD.Boots.com

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