Asthma In The News

News stories on complementary therapies for asthma

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Breathing easy with the Buteyko Method
Daily Mail - 16 July 2007
Case study article about William aged 10, who has learnt the Buteyko Method.
Breathing technique 'aids asthma'
BBC health news - 28 June 2007
People with mild asthma could benefit from an old-fashioned breathing and relaxation technique (the Papworth method), according to researchers at University College London.
Chinese Medicine for Asthma
Ivanhoe's Medical Breakthroughs - 13 November 2006
Research at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York has shown positive results for a three-herb chinese formula known as ASHMI, used to treat allergic asthma.
Breath of fresh air in the way cases of asthma are handled.
ic Wales - 14 August 2006
Article by Dr Mark Porter on breathing exercises for asthma.
Treatment could save asthma cash
BBC England news - 19 June 2006
A Cornish doctor who has carried out a pilot study of the Buteyko Method says it could save the NHS an estimated £270 million in its drugs bill.
Breathing exercises can help asthma control
Asthma UK - 6 June 2006
A study of people with mild asthma by the University of Sydney, Australia has found that breathing exercises helped to significantly reduce inhaler usage.
Asthma youths in homeopathy trial
BBC England news - 4 May 2006
Researchers at Bristol Homeopathic Hospital are to run a pilot scheme to test whether homeopathic remedies can help children with asthma.
Traditional Indian remedy for asthma challenged in court
British Medical Journal - 19 June 2004
A 159 year old traditional remedy of offering “fish medicine” to cure asthma has been challenged in the Indian courts.
Buteyko breathing can benefit asthma
National Asthma Campaign - 29 July 2003
Researchers at the University of Nottingham's Division of Respiratory Medicine have found that Buteyko breathing exercises can help asthmatics control their condition and reduce their use of reliever inhalers.
"Asthma took away my childhood"
BBC news - 21 April 2003
A case history of a chronic asthmatic who discovered the Buteyko Method, and is now attack free for the first time in her life and is off inhalers and steroids.
Homeopathy 'no better than placebos'
BBC news - 1 April 2003
A study by the Peninsula Medical School in Exeter has found no evidence that homeopathy has any measurable impact on the quality of life of asthmatic children.
UK Parliament debate on asthma - Part 1
Hansard - 25 June 2002
UK Parliament debate on asthma with particular reference to the Buteyko Method complementary therapy.
UK Parliament debate on asthma - Part 2
Hansard - 25 June 2002
UK Parliament debate on asthma with particular reference to the Buteyko Method complementary therapy.
Asthma Victims' Breath of Hope
Daily Record - 4 May 2002
Preliminary results of a research trial in Scotland into the Buteyko Method.
Homeopathy 'no benefit' to asthmatics
BBC health news - 1 March 2002
Research by Southampton General Hospital into homeopathic treatment for asthma.
Yoga 'can help asthmatics'
BBC health news - 29 January 2002
Research by the Department of Complementary Medicine at the University of Exeter.
Funding for spiritual healing study
BBC News Scotland - 12 November 2001
Spiritual healing research at Aberdeen University.
Asthma - an alternative treatment
ABC TV - 23 August 2001
Australian TV programme about a Glaxo product manager who became a Buteyko practitioner.
Herbal asthma remedies 'unproven'
BBC health news - 23 October 2000
Findings from the University of Exeter into the results of 17 clinical trials which tested the impact of herbs on asthma.
The breathless way to 'cure' asthma
BBC health news - 18 August 1998
BBC TV programme "QED-Breathless" on the Buteyko Method.

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