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Belfast mum calls for asthma awareness after seeing son in ICU

"He was intubated, and they put him to sleep - scary isn’t the word."

Belfast Live

How digital tech can help people with asthma manage their meds and reduce the risk of attacks

Modern medical science has made remarkable progress in the treatment of asthma. Inhalers containing steroids are particularly effective in preventing an asthma attack. But getting people to take these preventive medicines long-term remains a challenge.

The Conversation

Grandad 'trapped in his home' by fatal condition that will need oxygen tanks soon

Leon Johnson's doctor wrongly assumed he had "smoked all his life" when he began getting short of breath and "couldn't walk very far" in 2017

Daily Mirror

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Grandad 'trapped in home' by school run

"If I go for a walk and the vehicles are out, I just can't breathe"

Liverpool Echo

NHS warning over common hayfever treatment side effect

One in five Britons suffer from hayfever with an allergic reaction to either grass or weed pollen spores which are at their highest the summer months, particularly July

Wales Online

Evening Standard comment: Plug It In, London, for a cleaner future

Air pollution is a silent killer, with up to 36,000 deaths a year attributed to long-term exposure. Toxic air has been linked to the development of strokes, heart disease and exacerbates asthma.

Evening Standard

Time in hospital sets back tens of thousands of children's learning each year, but targeted support can help them catch up

NAPLAN scores can tell us about a child’s learning, but can they also help us to support learners who have had a serious injury or a long-term chronic illness like asthma or epilepsy?

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Very high pollen levels this week dangerous for asthma sufferers, charity warns

A lung charity is warning people with asthma to be vigilant over the next few days as pollen levels soar “dangerously high”.

Evening Standard

Toxic UK air ‘triggering chronic lung conditions and life-threatening asthma attacks’ for millions

As many as 3.4 million people affected, according to estimates

The Independent UK

Titans’ Mike Vrabel talks Treylon Burks’ asthma, Tuesday absence from OTAs

Titans head coach Mike Vrabel touched on WR Treylon Burks' asthma and his absence from Tuesday's practice.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Titans WRs coach on Treylon Burks’ practice issues: ‘The kid’s got asthma’

Asthma is at least partly to blame for Titans WR Treylon Burks' practice struggles.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Listening to asthma and COPD: An AI-powered wearable could monitor respiratory health

A neck patch that monitors respiratory sounds may help manage asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by detecting symptom flareups in real time, without compromising patient privacy.

The Conversation

Mum spots her suitcases 1,300 miles away after losing luggage on TUI flight

Laura Simpson, 35, spotted her family's missing suitcases, which contained vital items such as asthma medication, after happening upon an online article two days into her holiday

Daily Mirror

Six benefits of an air purifier

We look at the potential benefits of air purifiers and how these air-cleaning devices can help manage indoor air quality.

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The Hindu

Children diagnosed with asthma can lead a normal life, say doctors

Doctors stress the need for right diagnosis and treatment

Daily Mirror

Fury as children's asthma study shows stark North-South divide in cases

Experts believe air pollution and poor housing in the North are the reason children there are twice as likely to need an inhaler to treat asthma.

The Hindu

In first year of lockdown, more died of other respiratory diseases than COVID-19

The medical certification of cause of death report says that 1,60,618 deaths in 2020 were due to COVID-19 which differs from government’s official toll of 1.49 lakh.

Irish Mirror

How to spot asthma in adults as expert says many 'may not realise' they have the condition

One online GP service found that over half of their patients who were inquiring about asthma were in their late 20s-40s.

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'Little legend' boy, 5, praised after saving mum's life during asthma attack

Young Oliver Bott was being driven to St Edmund’s Primary School by mum Suzanne, 36, last Thursday when she suffered an asthma attack which left her unable to speak

Wales Online

'Little legend', aged 5, saves mum's life after she has near-fatal asthma attack on the school run

Oliver Bott’s dad put his son's quick thinking down to his obsession with shows like CBBC’s Operation Ouch and listening to doctor-turned-comedian Adam Kay on audiobook

The Independent UK

Mayor waging ‘war on poisonous air’ with plan to expand Ultra Low Emission Zone

Sadiq Khan’s office estimated an additional 135,000 vehicles would be affected each day if the move goes ahead.

ABC News

Scientists call for incentives to help households transition away from gas use in homes

Scientists are calling on Australian governments to provide incentives to enable households to transition away from using gas in the home because of its detrimental health effects.

The Guardian - UK

‘Ella’s law’ bill seeks to establish right to clean air in UK

Jenny Jones says bill, named after girl who died of asthma, treats pollution as matter of social justice

Al Jazeera

Locals blame coal power plant in Maharashtra for death, sickness

Air pollution from a thermal power plant in India’s Chandrapur killed 1,300 people in the area in 2020, research claims.

Benzinga

AstraZeneca's Combination Inhaler Shines In Phase 3 Asthma Trial

AstraZeneca Plc (NASDAQ:AZN) posted full results from the positive MANDALA Phase 3 trial of PT027, an albuterol/budesonide fixed-dose combination rescue medication in patients with asthma. The data exhibited that PT027 at two different strengths of budesonide demonstrated a statistically significant reduction in the risk of a severe exacerbation versus albuterol rescue. Compared with…

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