Parents underestimate dangers of asthma - expert

Kiwis are too cavalier in managing their asthma symptoms and could even be putting their children with asthma at risk of hospitalisation, according to Asthma NZ.
New Zealand has one of the highest rates of asthma in the world, with nearly 8000 people hospitalised each year, and an estimated 65 deaths every year as a result of the condition.....

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Asthma patient Kate Warriner using her iPhone to treat the disease

A Merseyside asthma sufferer is among the first in the country to use her iPhone to treat the condition thanks to pioneering new technology.
Kate Warriner, 33, from Lydiate, uses her phone to record the results of regular lung tests.....

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Pollution triggering asthma in healthy people

(May 5 is World Asthma Day)
Rameshwar Tyagi developed severe breathing problems one night. Rushed to the emergency ward of a leading hospital, he was diagnosed with asthma and put on oxygen.
For Tyagi, 55, it was the first asthma attack as he had never suffered from the disease earlier and was otherwise perfectly healthy.....

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