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• Comment on new severe asthma research

  01 Sep 10

  Dr Elaine Vickers, Research Relations Manager at Asthma UK comments on new research that has found a protein which could be a driver of severe asthma.

• Comment on asthma and paracetamol

  13 Aug 10

  Asthma UK believe that research published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine suggesting that paracetamol use is linked to a risk of asthma in adolescents should not cause concern.

• Asthma UK advice for practice nurses

  12 Aug 10

  Elaine Gillard, asthma nurse specialist at Asthma UK, says: ‘Children’s admissions for asthma peak annually in September, which coincides with the start of the new school year.

• Statement on news that NICE has made a final decision not to approve omalizumab (Xolair) for use in children aged 6-11

  11 Aug 10

  Dr Mike Thomas, Chief Medical Adviser to Asthma UK, said: ‘Hundreds of children across England with the most severe, allergic asthma will now be denied a pioneering treatment that could free them from crippling daily asthma symptoms, endless trips to hospital and huge amounts of time off school.

• Report reveals unacceptable discrimination faced by people with severe asthma in Scotland

  15 Jul 10

  The shocking and widespread discrimination faced by people with severe asthma in Scotland is revealed today in a major new report called Fighting for Breath, by Asthma UK and the Severe Asthma National Network (SANN). There are around 18,000 people in Scotland who suffer with severe asthma.

• Report reveals unacceptable discrimination faced by people with severe asthma

  15 Jul 10

  The shocking and widespread discrimination faced by people with severe asthma across the UK is revealed today in a major new report* called Fighting for Breath, by Asthma UK and the Severe Asthma National Network (SANN).

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