Asthma care costs UK at least £1.1 billion each year, study shows

Asthma costs the UK health service at least £1.1 billion each year, researchers have estimated.
The findings are the result of the most comprehensive study of the state of asthma in UK to date.
Researchers found that at least three people die each day from asthma attacks. Experts say the majority of asthma deaths are preventable and greater focus on basic care is needed to cut the rates of severe attacks.....

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Feeding the Horse With Asthma

Last fall and winter my horse had a sporadic cough and sometimes it felt like he couldn’t get enough air when we were working. My vet said that he most likely has allergies and mild recurrent airway obstruction. My horse responded well to veterinary treatment with corticosteroids, but is there something I could do nutritionally to prevent this from happening again this year?.....

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Staten Island man pummeled by NYPD cop during asthma attack files $6M suit

A Staten Island man suffering from an asthma attack was pummeled by an NYPD cop who repeatedly called him a "f---ing f----t," a new $6 million lawsuit alleges.
One night last September, James Rolkiewicz was walking on Barrow St. near Hudson St. in the West Village when he started to have an asthma attack, his suit says.
After Rolkiewicz sat on the steps of Greenwich House Music to find his inhaler, an NYPD patrol car stopped alongside the curb. Two cops got out and walked toward him.....

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