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Asthma Articles
The Asthma Foundation Informative Articles
A new remedy for patients suffering from lung conditions: Take up Singing!
A tuneful new treatment is being used to help patients with lung conditions such as asthma, bronchitis and emphysema.
Research has shown that singing along to your favourite tunes can ease breathle...
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Tasmanian Research Reveals Swimming Beneficial for Young People with Asthma
New research by medical students working within the health services theme of the Breathe Well Centre of Research Excellence at the School of Medicine, University of Tasmania (UTAS) has revealed swimmi...
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Peanut Bans Not Helpful
Allergies are becoming increasingly prevalent among children but school-wide peanut bans are not the answer, says an allergy expert.
There had been much talk in recent years of banning nuts from sc...
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England's Smoking Ban Linked to Annual 5 Percent Drop in Emergency Admissions for Asthma
They base their findings on the number of emergency admissions for asthma among adults aged 16 and over in England between April 1997 and December 2010.
Smoking in all public places was banned in J...
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Waterlogged Phone Forces Tasman Kayaker to Turn Back
A kayaker who was attempting to cross the Tasman Sea to New Zealand has been forced to turn back after his satellite phone became waterlogged.
New Zealander Scott Donaldson says he had managed to kay...
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Leading health groups call on Govt to stop Victoria becoming a ‘secondhand smoke state’
No butts about protecting children’s health, says ‘Keep Fresh Air Fresh’ alfresco dining campaign - Wednesday 17th April 2013
Children are breathing in secondhand smoke in out...
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Asthma Drug Singulair linked to suicidal thoughts in young people
AN ASTHMA treatment used by 20,000 Australians has been linked to suicidal thoughts in teenagers and children and doctors are being urged to prescribe it with caution.
The nation's medicines watchd...
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Wheeze Factors Assessed in Asthma Cohort Study
REDUCED infant lung function is associated with persistent wheeze in 18 year-olds, a Western Australian based cohort study has found.
The study is the first to link reduced lung function in early l...
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World's Largest Food Allergy Study Launched
The world’s biggest ever study of food allergies, which is spearheaded by the University of Manchester and supported by industry players such as Unilever and Eurofins, began on Friday 22 March 2...
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Bitter Foods Open Up the Airways
Substances found in bitter foods could also be used to open up constricted airways
A team of scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have found that substances which give some ...
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