Simple saliva test for asthma being developed

A saliva test for asthma developed by British scientists could provide a simple and more effective way to identify and monitor the condition.
The lung function tests currently used can be inaccurate and other procedures involving blood or urine samples may be distressing for children.
Testing saliva for signature "biomarkers" - chemicals linked to asthma - could be carried out easily without upsetting even the very youngest patients.....

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Asthma Symptoms, Causes & Risk Factors

Asthma is a common problem that affects more than 25 million Americans, especially children and teens. Rates of asthma have been increasing steadily over the past several decades as well — today one in 12 people has asthma, or 8 percent of the U.S. population, compared to about one in 14 people less than 10 years earlier who dealt with asthma symptoms.....

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Salford prison staff 'failed to pass on information' about inmate who died from asthma attack

Inquest criticises healthcare staff after 'entirely preventable death' of 25-year-old
Salford’s Forest Bank has been criticised after a young inmate died in another prison.
Ashley Gill, 25, died from an asthma attack in his cell at HMP Liverpool in Walton after being moved from Forest Bank, at Agecroft.....

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