Inhaler cleans up in University of Utah’s “bench to bedside” contest

Asthma is no laughing matter, but Chris Ciancone thinks the inhalers he uses now to treat his lung disease are a joke...

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You can control your asthma

Bermuda will join 80 countries observing World Asthma Day next week.
Open Airways is to celebrate the occasion on Tuesday with a special event at City Hall.
Information about asthma, and free spacers and microfibre cloths will be available and lung function tests will be on offer to smokers and former smokers over age 40...

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£500 given to asthma charity

This charity was set up in 1997 by Dave Penman, a retired Swindon engineer. Sadly, many years earlier Dave's 28-year-old brother died following an asthma attack. Dave realised that lives could be saved by supplying nebulisers to hospitals, doctor's surgeries, community nurses etc. A nebuliser is a device which is used to administer a solution of medication in the form of a fine mist for the patient to inhale, thus enabling them to breathe more easily...

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