If you’re one of 5.4 million Brits struggling to live with asthma, breathe easy and check you haven’t been misdiagnosed

CURRENTLY, there are 5.4million Brits living with asthma. And, according to Asthma UK, the nation’s asthmatics are getting a raw deal.
Apparently, some of them are not receiving the treatment or checks they need.
Worse still, the charity also pointed out that red wine, beer and cider can trigger attacks. Which means they can’t even drown their sorrows.
So if you’re one of the wheezy millions, it may be time to ask yourself a few key questions.
And the most basic is: “Have I really got asthma?”.....

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Study links antacids in pregnancy to asthma in kids

Children of women who take heartburn medicine during pregnancy are a third more likely to develop asthma, according to a study published Monday.
However, it remains unclear whether the medication itself, or some other factor, is responsible for that increased risk, researchers reported in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
"This association does not prove that the medicines caused asthma in these children," said Aziz Sheikh, co-director of the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research at the University of Edinburgh and co-author of the study.....

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Study connecting meat to asthma 'reckless,' NAMI says

New research suggesting a connection between consuming cured and processed meat and worsening asthma symptoms is "reckless" and "flies in the face of real clinical medical knowledge," according to the North American Meat Institute.....

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