Well, Crap: Salty Diets May Aggravate Conditions Like Asthma

Scientific reports about food are designed to do one of two things; allow us to make jokes about inhaling things that are bad for you, or ruin all our dietary fun.
As you may have guessed, this scientific report falls into the latter camp.
Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine took white cells from mice and people, applied some salt equivalent to eating a “high-salt diet” and, well…

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NICE backs Novartis asthma drug in fresh U-turn

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's health cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE said it planned to recommend the use of Novartis's severe asthma drug Xolair after prevaricating for months over whether it should be paid for on the taxpayer-funded National Health Service (NHS).....

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Life-changing jab gives hope to asthma sufferers

A LIFE-changing asthma jab has finally been approved for all age groups after a dramatic u-turn by the Government’s drug rationing body.
Doctors and charities have hailed the decision to give the green light to Xolair which can halve the risk of an asthma attack.
Last year, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) had threatened to withdraw the treatment completely claiming it was not as cost effective as first thought, even though it was readily available to eligible patients in Scotland.....

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