Mini-ChatMore than a million adults in the UK may be wrongly diagnosed as asthmatic and be receiving unnecessary medication as a result, warns an NHS watchdog.
NICE says a third of adults diagnosed with this common lung condition have no actual clinical signs of asthma.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30997397
Asthma diagnosis 'may be wrong' in one million UK adults
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Asthma diagnosis 'may be wrong' in one million UK adults
by annie » 28 Jan 2015, 09:48
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Re: Asthma diagnosis 'may be wrong' in one million UK adults
by Honey » 28 Jan 2015, 11:19
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Have just been watching this on the news
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Have just been watching this on the news
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Re: Asthma diagnosis 'may be wrong' in one million UK adults
by Misspears » 28 Jan 2015, 12:11
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Re: Asthma diagnosis 'may be wrong' in one million UK adults
by maureenho » 28 Jan 2015, 16:37
How many more things are they going to say is wrong, not so long ago they found out asprin is not good if you have heart a condition.
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