New thinking on asthma management may be a game-changer
Fundamental changes in asthma management are all geared to breaking the inhalers-antibiotics-inhalers-steroids cycle
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‘People are really struggling’: Cost pressures forcing asthma patients to cut back on medication, says Asthma Society
Combination inhalers, ‘gold standard’ for asthma control, cost €65-€85 each and are going up in price
Peak hay fever season: How to protect yourself amid rising pollen
Levels are so high this year, even those who never suffered from allergies are getting a dose
Doctors hail first breakthrough in asthma and COPD treatment in 50 years
Trial found that injection was more effective than steroid tablets and cuts need for further treatment by 30%
‘I don’t think asthma is taken as seriously as it should be’
World Asthma Day aims to improve awareness and care around the world
National air quality forecast will raise public awareness of pollutants
EPA maps will inform of three main pollutants and include a health index updated daily
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Climate: Engine idling near schools puts children at risk from small particles entering bloodstream and brain tissue
‘Asthma does not stop me from achieving anything I set my mind to’
Leane Haussmann tries to stay active in her work and play despite some bad asthma attacks
Managing asthma: ‘I never felt like my symptoms could ever improve’
After vital intervention, Dublin woman Sarah Darcy was able to reduce her medication for asthma
Getting a good night’s sleep may lower your risk of asthma, study finds
Researchers find that identifying and treating sleep disorders could reduce chances of contracting the lung disease
‘It’s life or death’: Turf burning in urban areas blamed for rise in stroke admissions
Turf responsible for more air pollution than coal in Dublin and Birr, study finds
‘I had an asthma attack so severe that it actually burst a hole in my lung’
Asthma has severely affected Colet Murphy’s life, and that of her family
Updated immunotherapy could be ‘game changer’ for allergy sufferers
Student James Clegg hopes new treatment can rid him of asthma-triggering allergies
How do I spot if my child has . . . asthma?
‘There is still a degree of underappreciation and underdiagnosis of asthma,’ says specialist
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