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Asthma

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Ginger 'helps alleviate asthma'

20-May-2013
New asthma inhaler launched

8-May-2013
Asthma care 'variation warning'

7-May-2013
What is Buteyko breathing technique?

22-Apr-2013
Non-attendance at a difficult-asthma clinic

19-Apr-2013
'I should not have had to be the one to decide if I needed to stay in hospital'

19-Apr-2013
Buteyko technique use to control asthma symptoms

19-Apr-2013
Smoke ban link to fewer admissions

16-Apr-2013
Diet 'can cut risk of child asthma'

21-Mar-2013
Studies support combined prevention and rescue asthma inhaler

6-Mar-2013
NICE sets out new standards for asthma care

21-Feb-2013
Caesarean birth link to asthma lacks proof

18-Feb-2013
Communicating with children with asthma

14-Feb-2013
GlaxoSmithKline 'complete the cycle' Inhaler Recycling and Recovery Scheme now accessible UK-wide

8-Feb-2013
Air pollution a possible cause of pre-eclampsia

7-Feb-2013
Help asthma patients recycle inhalers

5-Feb-2013
Asthma cases 'down after smoke ban'

22-Jan-2013
Child deaths spark extra asthma training for school nurses

17-Jan-2013
Fast food consumption may be linked to asthma

15-Jan-2013
Is children's asthma made worse by inhalers?

14-Jan-2013
Pollen in pregnancy could be linked to infant asthma

13-Jan-2013
Pregnancy pollen exposure may increase asthma risk

9-Jan-2013
Test could help target asthma treatment

8-Jan-2013
Baby paracetamol: asthma risk not proven

20-Nov-2012
Menstrual cycle influences respiratory symptoms

16-Nov-2012
The development process for a new spacer device

15-Nov-2012
NICE changes Xolair recommendation

12-Nov-2012
What are the advantages of using inhaled drugs to treat asthma in children?

12-Nov-2012
Inhaler spacer devices to treat asthma in children

8-Nov-2012
Responsible prescribing for asthma and COPD

8-Nov-2012
Evidence on NSAID use in soft tissue injuries

1-Nov-2012
Health secretary urges 'culture of co-operation'

26-Oct-2012
Echinacea cold study claims analysed

18-Oct-2012
Healthcare workers 'don't know how best inhaler practice'

4-Oct-2012
New inhaler combines fluticasone and formoterol

26-Sep-2012
Echinacea allergy warning for children under 12

27-Aug-2012
Daily aspirin use 'cuts cancer deaths'

17-Aug-2012
Gender link to allergy risk

10-Aug-2012
Dogs protect against childhood infection claim

20-Jul-2012
Call for nurses to teach Buteyko asthma technique

10-May-2012
Asthma patients 'underestimate risk of attack'

2-May-2012
Drug 'reduces asthma symptoms'

23-Apr-2012
Managing allergic rhinitis

20-Apr-2012
Aspirin: cancer-fighting benefits uncertain

29-Mar-2012
Multidimensional leg ulcer assessment

23-Mar-2012
Inhalers 'linked to child health problems'

20-Mar-2012
Higher asthma risk for babies born early

2-Mar-2012
Group asthma consultations risk parent and child arguments

26-Feb-2012
Drop in pregnant women having flu jab

14-Feb-2012
Soft drinks 'increase asthma risk'

8-Feb-2012
Online asthma test could help cut emergency admissions

3-Feb-2012
Psychiatric drugs 'effective' in treating physical illness

1-Feb-2012
NICE guidance advises caution on asthma heat treatment

26-Jan-2012
Prescription drug overdose 'increases physical injury risk for young'

21-Jan-2012
Multiple drug use linked to falls

17-Jan-2012
Sticking tightly to asthma regimen key to cutting severe attack risk

29-Dec-2011
Inquiry launched after significant rise in dementia diagnosis

20-Dec-2011
Asthma drug omalizumab cuts treatment needs

8-Dec-2011
Asthma sufferers' breathing can be eased by night-time filter

26-Nov-2011
Managing eczema

25-Nov-2011
Poll reveals patients' lax attitudes to medicines

8-Nov-2011
How to interpret spirometry results

28-Oct-2011
"I felt that my concerns were being pushed aside"

22-Oct-2011
Diagnosing and treating vocal cord dysfunction

22-Oct-2011
School nurse invents new asthma spacer

21-Oct-2011
Understanding spirometry

21-Oct-2011
'I made an executive decision to stop giving her the medicine'

13-Oct-2011
Diagnostic decision aid helps identify those for COPD testing

2-Oct-2011
NHS costs cut by smoking controls

30-Sep-2011
Health ministers voice support for specialist nursing

September
Swine flu inpatients with asthma not at greater risk

27-Sep-2011
New method to aid treatment of asthma attacks during pregnancy

9-Sep-2011
Online support boosts confidence for teenagers with allergies

3-Sep-2011
New clue on delayed asthma attack

24-Aug-2011
Help with medicines for patients with long term conditions

11-Aug-2011
'Respiratory strategy must be acted on if care is to improve'

29-Jul-2011
Respiratory strategy needs detail

26 July 2011
Government announces COPD and asthma strategy

19-Jul-2011
Asthma 'linked to premature babies'

16-Jul-2011
Childhood asthma linked to small foetus size

29-Jun-2011
Smoking while pregnant increases baby's risk of heart disease

23-Jun-2011
Air pollution linked to poorly controlled asthma

22-Jun-2011
Muscle thermoplasty breakthrough for severe asthma

8-Jun-2011
Investing in primary care nurses improves practice clinical quality

7-Jun-2011
Asthma warning over ash cloud

24-May-2011
Smoking while pregnant may alter baby's DNA

19-May-2011
Asthma pill tested against inhalers

11-May-2011
Asthma tablets 'as effective' as inhalers

4-May-2011
GP asthma training 'must improve'

3-May-2011
GP bonus scheme 'not tackling health disparity'

21-Apr-2011
Free tickets to NT's Managing Long Term Conditions conference

18-Apr-2011
Patient groups offered chance at £25,000 bursaries

29-Mar-2011
'We need a view of the future if we want to influence decisions'

29-Mar-2011
NHS must reform to survive - Lansley

14-Mar-2011
Nurses' shared decision-making 'supports their own views'

12-Mar-2011
How to teach inhaler technique

26-Feb-2011
NICE warns of alternative allergy tests

26-Feb-2011
Asthma rescue therapy avoids growth retardation in children

19-Feb-2011
Call for breastfeeding advice to be re-examined

6-Feb-2011
New post for top lung nurse

5-Feb-2011
Painkiller heart risk examined

3-Feb-2011
Worldwide burden of disease from exposure to second-hand smoke

27-Jan-2011
Swine flu jab to be used

25-Jan-2011
Secondhand smoke reduces asthma drug effectiveness in children

23-Jan-2011
Inhaler use test failed by 86% of asthma patients

22-Jan-2011
Breathing problems after sinus surgery linked to infections

18-Jan-2011
Should a nebuliser be used routinely to treat an asthma attack?

7-Jan-2011
Asthma outcomes improved by effective self-management

27-Dec-2010
Health experts in flu jab call

16-Dec-2010
Early flu linked to asthma protection

14-Dec-2010
Child swine flu deaths analysed

13-Dec-2010
Identifying people at risk of fuel poverty to prevent excess winter deaths

10-Dec-2010
'Lung taste buds' need more study

10-Dec-2010
Death rate statistics released

30-Nov-2010
Passive smoking linked to 1% of deaths

26-Nov-2010
Young people with asthma suffer from anxiety

25-Nov-2010
Workplace asthma costs UK £135m

25-Nov-2010
DH pushes for greater winter flu jab uptake

22-Nov-2010
Children's asthma drug not beneficial enough - NICE

3-Nov-2010
Are allergies linked to birth date?

26-Oct-2010
Double inhaler dose 'ineffective' in reducing further treatment

9-Oct-2010
Vitamins C and E do not protect against asthma

7-Oct-2010
Long term illness focus halves emergency costs

5 October 2010
Genetic clue to asthma causes

29-Sep-2010
Free asthma management resource

25-Sep-2010
Drugs 'could target asthma genes'

24-Sep-2010
Vitamin D deficiency linked to asthma

11-Sep-2010
Asthma paracetamol claims unfounded

20-Aug-2010
Asthma drug decision 'nonsensical'

12-Aug-2010
Child asthma admissions peak in September

11-Aug-2010
Pollution and asthma may increase suicide risk

29-Jul-2010
Asthma sufferers face discrimination

15-Jul-2010
Diet and asthma link researched

11-Jun-2010
Hospital cleaning sprays 'increase asthma among nurses'

7-Jun-2010
Burgers may increase childhood asthma

3-Jun-2010
Asthma linked to obesity

1-Jun-2010
Asthma symptoms in healthy children

22-May-2010
Fears over lack of asthma awareness

4-May-2010
Asthma and back pain 'lost out in policy'

27-Apr-2010
Blackcurrant 'may ease asthma'

30-Mar-2010
Call for mandatory asthma training in schools after fatal attack

23-Mar-2010
HRT linked to asthma risk

14-Feb-2010
Oestrogen-only HRT increases asthma risk

11-Feb-2010
Childhood asthma and poor sleep link identified

29-Dec-2009
Symptoms of allergic rhinitis need to be considered at asthma reviews

10-Dec-2009
Prescription charges may have negative effect on asthma control

3-Dec-2009
Link identified between difficult asthma and non adherence

2-Nov-2009
Child asthma pumps questioned

8-Oct-2009
Salbutamol asthma inhaler will not prevent attacks for one in 10 children

7-Oct-2009
One in five asthma patients may reject swine flu vaccine

24-Sep-2009
'Asthma risk' from swimming

18-Sep-2009
Asthma chart to 'improve treatment'

16-Sep-2009
Nursery 'does not prevent asthma'

9-Sep-2009
Large waistline linked to asthma risk

25-Aug-2009
Asthma education programme for children reduces need for emergency care

18-Aug-2009
Asthma and diabetes patients on swine flu vaccine priority list

14-Aug-2009
Nurse home visits help paediatric asthma care

4-Aug-2009
Parental stress and child asthma

22-Jul-2009
Breastfeeding reduces risk of childhood asthma

13-Jul-2009
Updated asthma guidelines published

13-Jul-2009
Recession-hit asthma patients unable to afford prescriptions

25-Jun-2009
How eczema might lead to asthma

27-May-2009
Health secretary calls for focus on asthma care

8-May-2009
Asthma risk linked to low vitamin levels

16-Apr-2009
Nurses to be trained to teach Buteyko Breathing Technique to asthmatics

6-Apr-2009
Emergency oxygen delivery: patients with asthma and COPD

24 March 2009
Drug injection helps asthma sufferers control condition.

5-Mar-2009
Children's TV asthma risk

4-Mar-2009
Asthma in children

19-Feb-2009
Traffic pollution ups risk of hospital visits among children with asthma

17-Feb-2009
Worms could regulate immune system and prevent asthma

29-Jan-2009
Using hospital cleaning products increases nurses' risk of developing asthma

27-Jan-2009
Treating asthma with breathing modification techniques can improve quality of life

16-Jan-2009
Nitric oxide monitoring of no added value for children with asthma

7-Jan-2009
Asthma care in need of rethink

8-Dec-2008
Experts call for urgent improvements in asthma treatment and management

8-Dec-2008
Charities invite health care professionals' views on side effects of steroid asthma medicines

4-Dec-2008
Charities invite health care professionals' views on side effects of steroid asthma medicines

4-Dec-2008
Asthma medicines are considered safe in pregnancy

4-Dec-2008
Survey points to GPs' difficulty differentiating between asthma and COPD

4-Dec-2008
Evidence-based practice in A&E asthma management

4-Dec-2008
Parental expectations affect asthma symptoms

6-Oct-2008
‘Asthma linked to paracetamol’

30-Sep-2008
‘Researchers link asthma with paracetamol’

24-Sep-2008
Boys may grow out of asthma

18-Aug-2008
Asthma control is not aided by a low-salt diet

17-Jul-2008
H. pylori may have role in asthma prevention

15-Jul-2008
Fish supplements may reduce risk of asthma

14-Jul-2008
Welsh Asthma management falls behind UK average

8-Jul-2008
Guidelines call for action on asthma

11-Jun-2008
New test for severe asthma in children

11-Jun-2008
Guidelines stress importance of accurate diagnosis of difficult-to-control asthma

11-Jun-2008
Monitoring inflammation improves asthma control

11-Jun-2008
Genes increase asthma risk in first born children

20-May-2008
‘Passion fruit peel reduces asthma symptoms’

20-May-2008
Asthma education must take account of ethnicity

13-May-2008
Nurses welcome new asthma guidelines

12-May-2008
Asthma patients can take control

7-May-2008
Patient-centred education benefits asthma patients

29-Apr-2008
Call to use cheapest asthma drug

31-Mar-2008
Development: The role of asthma link nurses for schools

21-Jan-2008
The administration of medicines

19-Nov-2007
Fears of child asthma raise A&E attendance

5-Nov-2007
Update: Emergency admission for asthma found to vary hugely across UK

12-Jun-2007
Asthma symptoms linked to 'off-label prescribing'

8-Mar-2007
Update - New approach to treatment for allergic rhinitis and asthma

7-Dec-2006
Update - Test to check asthma control

4-Dec-2006
Development - New home-based treatment for people with asthma

3-Dec-2006
Understanding difficult-to-control asthma

5-Sep-2006
Treatment of allergic rhinitis and asthma

16-May-2006
Practice - New guidance to improve asthma control: putting patients at the centre of care

1-Jul-2004
The management of exacerbations of acute asthma in primary care

10-Feb-2004
Efficacy versus the costs of asthma management in primary care

14-Oct-2003
Asthma

6-May-2003
Review of the new asthma guidelines

18-Mar-2003
A specialist asthma service

21-Mar-2002
The role of anti-IgE in managing difficult-to-treat or severe asthma

1-Oct-2001
Managing asthma in adolescence

20-Sep-2001
Patients with severe asthma

23-Aug-2001
Improving the management of asthma in under-fives

2-Aug-2001
The use of management plans in patients' control of asthma

22-Mar-2001
Asthma and women

14-Sep-2000
Asthma care in a school environment

14-Sep-2000
KNOW HOW Asthma inhalers

14-Sep-2000
Patient empowerment: the key to compliance in asthma

14-Sep-2000

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