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Medical Xpress |
Asthma overdiagnosed in Canadian adults
Medical Xpress "Careful testing revealed that 33 percent of people who had been recently diagnosed with asthma in the community did not have current asthma even after withdrawal of asthma medications," said lead study author Shawn Aaron, MD, of the Ottawa Hospital … |
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The Guardian |
Yes, asthma is over-diagnosed, but it is still a matter of life or death
The Guardian Asthma is being over-diagnosed and trivialised, say two leading specialists. And this is a major problem, because they say doling inhalers out like Smarties means that the small subset of people who have potentially life-threatening asthma may be … |
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The State |
Is childhood asthma overdiagnosed?
The State But the journal authors say that a diagnosis of asthma has been trivialized, with inhalers given out too freely. They add that asthma's “hallmark” – wheezing – is used imprecisely and that more objective evidence is needed before a diagnosis is made. |
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Greenville News |
Is childhood asthma overdiagnosed?
Greenville News When cross-country runner Baptiste Lemaire developed a problem breathing, his doctor ordered some tests and concluded he had asthma. The teenager, who attends the French Bilingual School in Greenville, was given an asthma inhaler, which he used for … |
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Science Daily |
Childhood asthma overdiagnosed, argue leading respiratory doctors
Science Daily Doctors are overdiagnosing asthma, with inhalers frequently dispensed for no good reason, to the point that they have "almost become a fashion accessory," argue two leading respiratory doctors in a leading article published online in the Archives of … |
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Pediatric asthma is regularly overdiagnosed
Clinical Advisor Clinicians regularly overdiagnose asthma in children, leading to an increase in harmful side effects, according to an article published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. Professor Andrew Bush, of the Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine … |
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Medscape |
Specialists Say Childhood Asthma Is Overdiagnosed
Medscape In an article published in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, two respiratory specialists claim that doctors are overdiagnosing asthma in children, with inhalers being prescribed needlessly. According to Asthma UK, 1.1 million children … Asthma inhalers given out almost as a 'fashion accessory', experts warn Are doctors overdiagnosing asthma? Asthma inhalers handed out like fashion accessories, doctors warn |
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BT.com |
Is asthma being overdiagnosed?
NHS Choices A potentially alarming figure that emerged in the UK news last week was that “1 million” UK adults may have been wrongly diagnosed with asthma – a claim reported in various forms by BBC News, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mirror and the … Not sure if you really have asthma? See an expert |
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Asthma is over-diagnosed in UAE, experts say
The National ABU DHABI // Experts explained yesterday why 70000 patients insured by Daman have asthma. The answer is, they don't. "We have a horrible number of asthmatic patients, and we just didn't know why at first," said Dr Alfons Grabosch, manager of health … |
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