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People with motor neurone disease could live longer and more comfortably if their respiratory problems are identified and managed more effectively. This is what NICE is hoping to achieve from its new clinical guideline on the management of non-invasive mechanical ventilation, out yesterday (28 July). There are around 5,000 people in the UK who have motor neurone disease; a degenerative and ...

... with nurse representatives from Asthma UK, Education for Health, Primary Care Respiratory Society UK (PCRS-UK) and Respiratory Education UK (REUK), ...

Exacerbations are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), leading to dramatic reductions in quality of life and expensive emergency room visits and hospitalizations. To date, there has been no standard, validated method for defining or evaluating these events in clinical trials, limiting scientific understanding of these events and the effect of ...

ProtAffin AG, a biotechnology company developing a novel class of biopharmaceutical products that act by targeting cell-surface glycan structures, today announced it has signed a manufacturing contract with CMC Biologics’ Danish operations, located in Copenhagen, Denmark for manufacture of its lead product PA401 for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The contract ...

People with severe asthma face widespread discrimination, according to the findings an Asthma UK report. The charity is calling on healthcare professionals, ...

... with nurse representatives from Asthma UK, Education for Health, Primary Care Respiratory Society UK (PCRS-UK) and Respiratory Education UK (REUK), ...

Cheltenham Chase, is owned by the QHotel Group, which named Asthma UK as their charity of choice for 2010/11. Dave, a delivery driver, said: "We had food, ...

Adult sufferers and parents of young children from focus groups at Gartnavel and Yorkhill hospitals were interviewed for the study by Asthma UK and the ...

A report from Asthma UK and the Severe Asthma National Network discovered that 20 per cent of asthmatics suffer so badly from the disease they are ...

Asthma UK-funded researcher, Dr Amir Ghaemmaghami at the University of Nottingham, has uncovered new information about allergic reactions which could pave the way for new treatments for allergic asthma.

The shocking and widespread discrimination faced by people with severe asthma across the UK is revealed today in a major new report* called Fighting for Breath, by Asthma UK and the Severe Asthma National Network (SANN).

Asthma UK-funded researchers have discovered new information about childhood wheezing and its relationship with lung health that should help doctors identify wheezy kids at high risk of asthma.

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Pollution increases suicide risk. 29th July 2010. Air pollution and asthma may cause one in fourteen suicides in Taiwan. Click on available sources in right hand menu to see the original article. ...