Asthma – are we too clean?
Allergic disease accounts for 10 per cent of the GP prescribing budget and the incidence of asthma has reached epidemic proportions. So…
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Heat treatment for asthma
People with severe asthma can benefit from a procedure called bronchial thermoplasty which uses blasts of heat to cut asthma attacks…
Coming up for air
I would like to thank Public Health England and the British Lung Foundation, in helping to raise awareness about the symptoms…
Big Data and asthma
Millions of people suffer from asthma which is now recognised as a syndrome rather than a single disease. However, we lack…
Needling smokers
Acupuncture, the 'needle therapy' is often used as an aid to help people quit smoking, but there is little evidence to suggest…
Breathing space
Diagnosing and managing the causes of breathlessness is a vital part of helping people to lead longer and healthier lives.…
Whooping it up
The Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough, is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the lungs and airways which is spread…
Don’t ignore bronchiectasis
Bronchiectasis is a chronic lung disease which affects one in 1000 adults causing permanent enlargement of the airways which leads…
Listen to your Lungs
We all feel breathless sometimes but we also know when our breathlessness is not normal. It may be the first…
Diagnosing lung disease
People who suffer from chronic breathlessness may not always think to mention it to a GP. They assume that it…
Open access for asthmatics
Asthma patients from surgeries who have good access to primary care, such as in their GP surgery, are less likely…
Your risk of COPD
As part of our regular series on the risks of getting common chronic diseases, we look at COPD. COPD, which…