Busting common asthma myths

The condition claims over 1,000 lives a year and 80% of asthma sufferers find that their condition flares up because of air pollution.
Every 10 seconds, someone experiences a potentially fatal asthma attack. Making sure your asthma is well managed is the most important thing you can do to reduce your risk of an attack, according to Dr Walker.....

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Big Issue: 'Many just don’t realise Asthma can kill’

AROUND 32,000 people across Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire suffer with asthma – with some not doing enough to protect themselves. Matt Simpson reports.
IT IS a common trait among people to ignore warning signs if they feel they are all right.
This is especially true of people suffering with asthma, who do not always maintain their treatment if they do not feel unwell.....

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Oman health: More asthma clinics to be opened, says health ministry official

Muscat: More clinics for treating asthma patients will be opened in Oman, as the Ministry of Health steps up its efforts to control this chronic respiratory disease.
"Currently, we have about 80 clinics in the country, but they are not sufficient," Dr Shadha S. Al Raisi, chronic respiratory disease programme manager at the Ministry of Health, told the Times of Oman.....

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