Rugby coach Wayne Marsters 'broken-hearted' after son, 9, dies of asthma attack in Shanghai

A 9-year-old Kiwi boy who died of an asthma attack in Shanghai was "a happy wee fella" whose death has left his parents utterly devastated.
Taylor Marsters was playing outside with his friends at Wellington College International Shanghai on June 26 when he had a sudden, severe, asthma attack.
Taylor had asthma medication but nothing could be done to save him.
"They took him to hospital but by the time he got there his heart had stopped and they couldn't revive him," family spokesman Wayne Stack said.....

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Asthma breakthrough: Antibiotic used to treat lung disease can reduce attacks, study finds

An antibiotic used to treat a rare and deadly lung disease could be a lifesaver for adults with severe asthma, a ground-breaking Australian study has found.
The research team from the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) in New South Wales gave the drug azithromycin to 200 patients whose asthma could not be fully controlled with traditional medication.
After taking the antibiotic three times a week for nearly a year, the patients reported a 40 per cent reduction in moderate and severe asthma attacks.....

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How to Beat Asthma
The common lung disease debilitates millions of Americans and costs the country billions of dollars, but some very new—and very old—methods are emerging in fighting it.

DENVER, Colorado—I had my first asthma attack in 10 years while working on this story about asthma.
The day had been a grind. I flew to Denver early on a March morning, hoping to give myself a full day to acclimate to the air before I did some jogging and hiking the next day. From the moment I touched down and took a Lyft away from the Denver airport, that unlucky hellhorse, the afternoon was a blur of reporting. At the end of the day, I found some comfort in a bar with some pretty good draught beers and ahi tuna guacamole. Only, the guacamole I ate turned out to be the version with crabmeat. I’m very allergic to crabmeat.....

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