UK Physiotherapists could be given the right to prescribe medicines.
Physiotherapists could soon be given the same right to prescribe medicines to patients as nurses and pharmacists
All posts tagged: Asthma
Melting asthma away
Doctors in Manchester and Glasgow have begun treating asthma patients with a pioneering treatment described as having the effect of “melting away” muscle in the airways.
Developing and implementing pulmonary rehabilitation programmes
This new book discusses the individual and interrelated elements of pulmonary rehabilitation, including initial and ongoing assessment, collaborative self-management education, exercise training, psychosocial support and outcomes measurement.
Complete guide to health and activity
Why waste time wading through the plethora of guidelines on physical activity and health published by various government agencies and professional organizations when this book has already done it for you? Information is available from all manner of sources and locations such as government documents, press releases and Web sites and finding specific guidelines can be a time consuming and frustrating exercise. Physical Activity and Health Guidelines puts all this current information at your fingertips for instant access.
Beckham’s asthma not that unusual
The revelation that David Beckham has suffered from asthma since he was a child, prompted the player to play down fears that he could struggle in the thin air he would encounter at the World Cup in South Africa, where six venues are 3,000 feet or more above sea level
Inactive children at higher risk of asthma
“The findings add to a wealth of evidence linking a lack of exercise and being overweight with an increased risk of asthma, but this study is the first to directly link sedentary behaviour at a very young age to a higher risk of asthma later in childhood.