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20% drop in asthma exacerbations seen at GP clinics during lockdown
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Lockdown linked to drop in asthma exacerbations, GP data suggests

A study suggests there was a 20% drop in asthma exacerbations seen at GP clinics during the first lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic. A study in the journal Thorax suggests...
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Publication finds online COVID-19 information for people with asthma followed WHO guidelines, but more asthma action plan advice is needed

A publication in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice has found that online information on COVID-19 for people with asthma largely followed the WHO emergency risk communication...
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Study suggests hormonal replacement therapy is linked to reduced risk of developing asthma in menopausal women

A study published today in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology has found that use of estrogen-only and combined estrogen/progestogen hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was associated with reductions in...
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Taking the Pill may cut risk of severe asthma bouts in women of reproductive age, study finds

A study published today in the BMJ Thorax finds that taking the Pill could reduce the risk of severe bouts of asthma in women of reproductive age. However, the observed...
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Study outlines feasibility of screen-sharing for asthma action plan consultations

A study published in npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine last week assessed the feasibility and utility of using screen-sharing technology to complete asthma action plans remotely. Asthma action plans are...
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SABA Reliance Questionnaire (SRQ) assesses patients’ perceptions of SABA, and whether they may be at risk of SABA overreliance

Poor asthma control and increased risk of asthma attacks are associated with patients relying too heavily on SABA (short-acting beta2 agonists) reliever inhalers and the parallel underuse of inhaled corticosteroids...
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Data-driven approaches to identifying patterns of asthma medication adherence

A new study published this week in Scientific Reports uses data-driven research to identify patterns of behaviour in children and how they follow their asthma medication regime. The paper identifies...
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Data-driven approaches to identifying asthma subtypes – what are the challenges?

In May 2020 a group of AUKCAR researchers from the University of Edinburgh had their review ‘Challenges of clustering multimodal clinical data: a review of applications in asthma subtyping’ published...
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Meet the superusers who hold together health social media

New research by a multidisciplinary collaboration between Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research: Queen Mary and Edinburgh, eHealth Interdisciplinary Group: Edinburgh, University of Nottingham, University of Cambridge and charity Asthma...
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Asthma management in primary care: international panel review

A new article published today in the npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine has identified the key factors which contribute to high-quality management of asthma in primary care settings. Monica Fletcher...
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