UEA researcher awarded NIHR grant to reduce avoidable asthma deaths in the UK

Leading researcher Dr. Andrew Wilson from the University of East Anglia has been awarded £1.7million in funding from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), enabling the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research to identify people most at risk of an asthma attack in order to reduce the high number of avoidable asthma deaths.....

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Asthma Foundation warns of harmful effects of smoke on children

Press Release – Asthma Foundation
More than a third of Wellington retailers monitored in a controlled purchase operation in Wellington failed to comply with the Smoke–free Environments Act and sold tobacco to minors. “There is still so much work to do to ensure that New Zealand is smokefree and the harmful effects of smoke longer affect our children,” says Dr Kyle Perrin, medical director of the Asthma Foundation.....

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Hypnosis for Asthma

Asthma is one of the most common chronic childhood disorders, affecting over seven million children under 18 years.[1] Over 30 years of medical research has shown that the mind and therapies like relaxation and hypnosis can have a profound effect on the severity of asthma, with no side effects.[2].....

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