Half a million children ‘wrongly diagnosed with asthma’

Research published in the British Journal of General Practice suggests that children are regularly being misdiagnosed with asthma.
The condition affects over a million children in Britain, but the new research suggests that this figure could be inaccurate; if so, thousands of children could be needlessly taking medication with adverse side effects, which can include throat infections, nausea and muscle cramps.....

Read more here: health.spectator.co.uk

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Innovative treatments helping asthma sufferers

A 37-year-old nurse in Tokyo has been competing in the breaststroke at swim meets in and outside the country since her early 20s.
For a third of the month, she works the night shift at the palliative care unit of a hospital, while practicing her swimming five days a week, for about two hours each session.....

Read more here: the-japan-news.com

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GPs to trial new tests for asthma amid concerns about overdiagnosis

Trials to run from May to October after Nice warned that up to 30% of people diagnosed with asthma did not show clear evidence of the condition
GPs are to test a new approach to diagnosing asthma following concerns that many people being treated for the condition do not have it.....

Read more here: theguardian.com