Professors Steph Taylor and Hilary Pinnock, members of the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research, led a large review of evidence for supported self-management, across a range of conditions that included asthma.
A great day out for over 300 people who came to visit – and a great day for our demonstrators who enjoyed helping families measure their peak flow readings on our science festival stand.
My Asthma Story – led by PPI Research Fellow, Melissa Goodbourn – is a study aiming to collect people’s ideas about what works for them in preventing asthma attacks.
Professor Andrew Wilson is working with the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research to deliver the ARRISA-UK study – a cluster randomised practice based study designed to help people at risk of experiencing asthma exacerbations.
This week has been a busy week for the respiratory research community in the UK – as the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress was hosted this year in London.
A new Cochrane Review, published in the Cochrane Library today, has found evidence from randomised trials, that taking an oral vitamin D supplement in addition to standard asthma medication is likely to reduce severe asthma attacks.
