The last gasp: Health Secretary signals new smoking curbs
By Ben Russell, Political Correspondent, The Independent.
Monday, 26 May 2008
Cigarettes will be banned from public display in shops and vending machines are to be scrapped under dramatic new plans designed to curb smoking among young people.
Packets of 10 cigarettes will also be outlawed under proposals to be [...]
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Cigarettes: the last gasp
Posted in ASTHMA, CHILDREN, HEART, Men's health, RISKS, Respiratory disease, Vascular disease, Women's health, chronic disease, health, life, news on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ACUTE BRONCHIOLITIS
Posted in ASTHMA, CHILDREN, Respiratory disease, bmj, diagnosis, health on November 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Acute bronchiolitis
Andrew Bush, professor of paediatric respirology. BMJ 2007;335:1037-1041 (17 November).
Acute bronchiolitis is a clinical diagnosis. It “is a seasonal viral illness, characterised by fever, nasal discharge and dry, wheezy cough. On examination, there are fine inspiratory crackles and/or high-pitched expiratory wheeze.
Summary points:
• Bronchiolitis caused by respiratory syncytial virus is an important and seasonal cause of respiratory morbidity in [...]
ASTHMA MANAGEMENT IN CHILDREN
Posted in ASTHMA, Science, bmj, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, life, news on October 13, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Management of asthma in children
By: M Mckean, consultant in respiratory paediatrics BMJ 2007;335:253-257 (4 August)
An exacerbation of asthma can occur at any time and in childhood is most commonly precipitated by viral upper respiratory tract infections.
The management of episodic viral wheeze is controversial. Currently, the indiscriminate use of anticholinergics and short acting 2 agonists in [...]
