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Latest Asthma News from the Asthma UK Website
Asthma UK funds children's nurse |
Children and young people in Dudley in the West Midlands have recently benefitted from the appointment of Viv Marsh as children?s asthma nurse specialist. |
Researchers attend Winter Meeting |
Researchers from all over the world, including many past and present Asthma UK-funded scientists met together at the British Thoracic Society?s Winter Meeting in London to learn about the latest research findings and to discuss how they can be used to bring benefits to people with asthma. |
Online Bagpuss shop launches |
The online Bagpuss Shop, owned by Licensing By Design, now includes a new page for Asthma UK's Bagpuss products. |
Children snap up Kodak cameras |
Three budding young photographers have each won a Kodak Easyshare digital camera in Asthma UK?s Junior Photography Competition, which was supported by Kodak. |
Keep in control of your asthma at Christmas |
Over the festive season, Asthma UK is alerting the millions of people with asthma in the UK to some of the hidden asthma triggers that could hinder the Christmas cheer. |
Anti-allergy vaccines to help people with asthma |
Research funded by Asthma UK has led to the development of a vaccine treatment that can prevent asthma-like symptoms in mice. |
Folic acid linked to asthma risk in children |
Folic acid supplements taken by women during early pregnancy may increase the risk of asthma in their children, according to Norwegian research published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. |
Video campaign tackles shocking complacency |
Asthma UK has launched an online video campaign called 'Asthma: A Matter of Life and Breath', to highlight the life-threatening impact of asthma attacks, raise vital funds for asthma research and services and counter the complacency of online videos that mock people having asthma attacks, seen on websites such as You Tube. |
Cleaner air for Manchester? |
Asthma UK has backed a £3 billion package of measures that aims to tackle air pollution, climate change and congestion in Greater Manchester. |
Breathing lessons help treat asthma symptoms |
New research funded by Asthma UK shows that breathing techniques can help to treat people who continue to experience asthma symptoms in spite of current drug treatments. |
Caesarean section birth boosts asthma risk |
Caroline Roduit and her colleagues from the Netherlands monitored the respiratory health of almost 3,000 children until the age of eight. |
BMI linked to asthma risk in Black women |
There is a positive association between body mass index (BMI) and asthma risk in Black women that is similar in magnitude to that observed in previous studies of White women, US researchers report. |
C-charge scrapping 'a disaster' |
Asthma UK has expressed dismay that the the western extension of central London's congestion charging zone is to be scrapped. |
Steroid treatments ? the healthcare professional?s perspective |
UK-based healthcare professionals have the opportunity to share their views on the side effects of steroid asthma medicines by completing an online survey developed by Asthma UK and Education for Health. |
Asthma medicines safe for pregnant women |
Taking asthma medicines before or during pregnancy does not increase the risk of the child being born with a deformity, according to research funded by Asthma UK. |