Honey for cough in children: can it help?
Honey for cough? Cochrane UK's Senior Fellow in General Practice, Lynda Ware, looks into honey and at the latest evidence.
Category Archives: Respiratory
World Asthma Day 2018
This year World Asthma Day is on 1 May. This annual event, organized by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), aims...
Control, choice and changing times: outcomes of an asthma workshop
On World Asthma Day, Emma Dennett from Cochrane Airways blogs about a workshop held to explore what matters to people with asthma and so identify topics for Cochrane Reviews.
Pulmonary rehabilitation for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): evidence review
Sarah Chapman reviews the evidence on pulmonary rehabilitation for people with COPD
Sleep apnoea: an impatient patient perspective
In this blog for our Evidence for Everyday Health Choices series, David Crowe shares his experience of living with sleep apnoea and exploring treatment options.
Videolaryngoscopy: watch this space
In a blog for trainees, Faro Ndokera looks at evidence on videolaryngoscopy as compared to direct laryngoscopy in three patient groups.
Asthma in schools: Could teaching teachers save lives?
GP Dr Robin Carr discusses the latest Cochrane evidence on whether asthma education for teachers and other school staff could improve the care of children with asthma in schools
Sex and asthma: could patients’ love lives hold the key to better asthma outcomes?
In this blog, Asthma UK’s Dr Andy Whittamore explores how talking about sex and asthma could result in better asthma self-care
Just pass the tissues… Evidence on remedies for the common cold
A blog for non-medical readers on the evidence behind remedies for the common cold.
Vitamin D – Can the sunshine vitamin help reduce asthma attacks?
Dr Lynda Ware blogs new Cochrane evidence that vitamin D supplements may help reduce asthma attacks
Yoga helps my asthma: Julie’s story and new Cochrane evidence
As new Cochrane evidence is published on yoga for asthma, Julie Wood shares her experience of its benefits for her asthma control
Are long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMAs) effective in adults with poorly controlled asthma?
Lynda Ware gives a helpful summary for clinicians of four Cochrane reviews on the effectiveness of LAMAs for asthma care