With deaths from asthma attacks the highest they have been in a decade, GP Robin Carr blogs about three things you need to know that can reduce the risk of death from asthma in school-aged children, and shares a film 'Preventable’, made with teenagers about preventing asthma deaths in schools.
Tag: Cochrane Airways Group
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
The problem with sex: is our reluctance to talk about it harming patients?
Introducing Cochrane UK's special blog series #theproblemwithsex, which aims to lift the lid on sex and chronic health conditions
Should the Cochrane logo be accompanied by a health warning?
In the second blog of our new series Understanding Evidence, Iain Chalmers, our founding director, looks at developments in research on prenatal corticosteroids since the work which gave rise to the Cochrane logo. Join in the conversation on Twitter @iainchalmersTTi @CochraneUK #understandingevidence. The birth of the Cochrane logo Twenty four summers ago I asked David Mostyn to design a […]
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 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
Silver, napkins and some choice morsels of Cochrane evidence
Last week I gave you jellyfish, so don’t let it be said that I only go for the big health issues here! There’s a feast of new evidence in The Cochrane Library and this week, from an extensive menu, I’ve picked out a few tidbits on some more common health problems, plus some great dementia […]
A mystery, missing evidence and some answers!
Contrary to what you might expect, you’ll have to wait until the end for the mystery, though in truth missing dataData is the information collected through research. and important questions that remain unanswered could also be labelled as that, and this is where I start. I begin this blog with an offering about asthma from […]
Swimming and asthma – well tolerated and beneficial, finds new review
It's time to swim this World Asthma Day! Swimming helps children with asthma and is well tolerated.