School "hand hygiene" plan shows no asthma benefit

(Reuters Health) - An arsenal of hand sanitizers, hygiene education and good old-fashioned soap failed to prevent asthma attacks among school children in one Alabama county.....

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Study finds GPs are not identifying work-related asthma

Many people who develop work-related asthma are not being correctly diagnosed by their GP, with almost two-thirds never making a full recovery because of delays in being referred to a specialist adviser, according to research......

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Wheezy Windbags Signal Asthma

Onomatopoeia is a term describing a word’s characteristic of sounding like its action or meaning, as in fizz, swish, and whoop.  Medical jargon is replete with onomatopoeic words  such as borborygmi and, I think, asthma. The former word describes the sounds of  grumbly, burbling, intestines, while the latter is a condition associated with challenged, whistling respirations.....

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