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New York Times - A Breathing Technique Offers Help for People with Asthma 2nd Nov 2009 by Jane E Brody

Leading New York Times writer tells a remarkable story of the successful application of the Buteyko Method involving a friend torn between blindness caused by steroids or incaspacity by asthma. See: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/health/03brod.html?_r=1

Nurses to be trained to teach Buteyko Breathing Technique to asthmatics. 6 April, 2009 | By Clare Lomas

A new course to train nurses how to teach the Buteyko Breathing Technique to people with asthma has been launched by Coventry University and the Buteyko Breathing Association. Visit: http://www.nursingtimes.net/nurses-to-be-trained-to-teach-buteyko-breathing-technique-to-asthmatics/5000294.article

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Warning Given on Use of Four Popular Asthma Drugs (8/12/08) Two federal drug officials have concluded that asthma sufferers risk death if they continue to use four hugely popular asthma drugs — Advair, Symbicort, Serevent and Foradil. Visit: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/06/health/policy/06allergy.html

British Thoracic Society Endorses Buteyko May 2008, the updated British Guidelines for the Management of Asthma endorsed Buteyko Technique so that GPs and asthma nurses can now recommend it. The new guidelines grade the research on Buteyko as a 'B' classification - indicating that there are high quality clinical trials supporting the efficacy of the therapy in reducing both asthma symptoms and bronch-odilator usage. No other complementary therapy has been endorsed by this body for the treatment of asthma. The guidelines are produced jointly by the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network and the British Thoracic Society."The Buteyko breathing technique specifically focuses on control of hyperventilation and any ensuing hypocapnia. Four clinical trials suggest benefits in terms of reduced symptoms and bronchodilator usage but no effect on lung function, 261-264. Buteyko breathing technique may be considered to help patients to control the symptoms of asthma."

Is asthma really a disease per se? In the Lancet, Vol 368, Number 9537 there is an article entitled "A Plea to Abandon Asthma as a Disease Concept" A comment contributed refers to an alternative explanation that asthma is a disease of chronic hidden hyperventilation. See brief summary

ADHD: It could be down to breathing badly? Breathing difficulties and snoring are now being seriously considered as a cause of ADHD behavioural patterns.June 27th 2007

http://www.wddty.com/03363800370872705153/adhd-it-could-just-be-a-breathing-problem.html

Breathing technique 'aids asthma' Dr Mike Thomas, Senior Research Fellow at Asthma UK, welcomed the study. "It is also consistent with other studies from Australia and the UK which show that breathing exercises can help to reduce the need for reliever medication and can improve the quality of life of people with asthma. Thursday 28th June 2007 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6246228.stm

Beta Blockers for hypertension to be reduced, NICE report. Buteyko could offer a safe alternative for many sufferers, see section on hypertension. Wednesday 28th June 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5118616.stm

Treatment could save asthma cash. A Cornish GP who has carried out a pilot study of a drugs-free asthma treatment says it could save the NHS millions of pounds. Monday, 19 June 2006,http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/5096844.stm

Common asthma inhalers cause up to 80 percent of asthma-related deaths, Cornell and Stanford researchers assert : 9th June 2006 http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June06/AsthmaDeaths.kr.html

Asthma linked to Antibiotics used in childhood......Latest research findings March 2006http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/health/4801118.stm

Asthma - Ignorance or Design? The Buteyko method has had great success in controlling asthma, reversing symptoms and removing the need for medication, which is why it poses such a threat to the pharmaceutical companies See: http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/Buteyko%20&%20Asthma.html

Asthma inhalers "can lead to attacks."Inhalers that give short-term relief from asthma such as salbutamol can increase the risk of attacks if the drug is given regularly, a new study shows.see:Daily Telegraph

Poor sleep & sleep apnoea responsible for many serious motorway accidents. BBC November 2005About one in six British HGV drivers suffers from a form of a sleep disorder requiring medical help, a study says. If left untreated, obstructive sleep apnoea could lead to potentially fatal road accidents, according to experts. This is not aproblem restricted to HGV drivers, 1-4% of the population suffer from this condition See: BBC Sleep Apnoea

Regular use of asthma drugs poses respiratory, cardiac dangers, Cornell, Stanford researchers find in study critical of drug industry. Source: Cornell News June 2004 (Thursday, June 17, 2004) Physicians who prescribe the regular use of beta-agonist drugs for asthma could be endangering their patients, two new studies by researchers at Cornell and Stanford universities find. One study compiles previously published clinical trials to conclude that patients could both develop a tolerance for beta-agonists and be at increased risk for asthma attacks, compared with those who do not use the drug at all. The second study shows that beta-agonist use increases cardiac risks, such as heart attacks, by more than two-fold, compared with the use of a placebo. Furthermore, the researchers say that their analyses lead them to suspect a conflict of interest among scientists who are supported by pharmaceutical companies that make beta-agonists, among the world's most widely used drugs. This conflict, they say, could be putting 16 million U.S. asthma sufferers in harm's way. Their statement comes as the American Medical Association is voicing its concerns that drug industry sponsorship of clinical tests is affecting the quality of research. Visit: http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/June04/beta_agonist.hrs.html

Buteyko breathing exercises can improve asthma symptoms in some people, research has found. The study was funded by the National Asthma Campaign to examine the effects on asthma symptoms of using two different breathing techniques: Buteyko and pranayama, (a yoga breathing exercise).Buteyko breathing can benefit asthma. Asthma UK.29/7/2003 Visit: http://www.asthma.org.uk/news/news85.php

(NHS) could save a fortune in drug costs if asthmatics used a simple breathing technique, according to claims made in a BBC TV programme. The Buteyko method is based on the observation that most asthmatics over-breathe, or hyperventilate. The breathless way to 'cure' asthma BBC 18/8/98

Visit: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/153320.stm

Breathing Method Helps Asthma Patients More than 17 million Americans rely on rescue inhalers to control their asthma. Over the past 20 years, asthma rates have risen 75% in the U.S. and childhood asthma has doubled. But a simple breathing technique is helping thousands of people beat asthma-- in many cases, without medication.ABC Eyewitness USA 7/17/2002 Visit: http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/health/071702_NH_asthmamethod.html