Asthma and hay fever worse during exam times

Students are warned to be extra diligent of there asthma and hay fever symptoms during the exam periods.
According to Anne Kearney of Asthma association Ireland exam time in Ireland  “is usually peak pollen times” which isn’t good for asthma sufferers.....

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Researchers find possible mechanism behind asthma and chronic rhinosinusitis

CHICAGO, Ill. — A new Northwestern Medicine study suggests that a protein called Oncostatin M (OSM) may negatively impact the airway’s epithelial barrier, a wall of cells that blocks pathogens, environmental factors and allergens from entering tissue and triggering the body’s immune system.....

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Team preparing to saddle up for mammoth cycle in aid of asthma attack victim Geraint Richards

Nine Ford workers will cycle from Lands End to John O'Groats for the Tondu schoolboy who was left brain damaged after the horrific attack in 2014
Colleagues of a man whose son was left brain-damaged after an asthma attack are saddling up to help the family.
Geraint Richards was just 11 when the sudden attack on his way home from school at Coleg Cymunedol Y Dderwen led to a cardiac arrest that nearly cost him his life.....

Read more here: walesonline.co.uk