Author Archives: Maureen
‘Late’ asthma research unearths potential new treatment
13 August 2011 Last updated at 04:12
More than 5 million people in the UK suffer from asthma.
A team from Imperial College London found that blocking sensory nerve functions stopped a “late asthmatic response” in mice and rats.
Around half of people with asthma experience delayed symptoms.
The charity Asthma UK says the research could help the understanding of asthma.
King’s Lynn schoolboy’s dolphin dream
King’s Lynn schoolboy’s dolphin dream
by Donna Semmens Saturday, August 13, 2011
12.15 PM
Therapy techniques help Izaak gain confidence
A young disabled boy had the trip of a lifetime when he travelled to the Caribbean and had the chance to swim with dolphins.
Izaak Cheney-Beales forged a special bond with Ziggy, one of a number of dolphins used at a centre in Grand Cayman by the Rapid Development Therapy Centre which specialises in creating therapy programmes for children with a range of disabilities.
Genetic clues to what triggers MS
By Helen Briggs Health editor, BBC News website
In MS, the immune system attacks myelin in nerve fibresAround 30 genetic risk factors for developing multiple sclerosis have been discovered by a UK-led team.
It brings to more than 50 the total number of genetic clues to the disease.
The research, published in Nature, will help identify risk factors and perhaps future treatments or even a cure, said the MS Society.
Most of the genes are linked to immunity, backing the idea that the disease is triggered when the immune system turns against itself.
