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UK doctors begin pioneering asthma treatment
8 June 2011 Last updated at 00:39
UK doctors begin pioneering asthma treatment
By Nick Ravenscroft BBC North of England correspondent
About 5.4 million people in the UK have asthma – around 250,000 of which have severe asthmaDoctors in Manchester and Glasgow have begun treating NHS asthma patients with a pioneering treatment described as “melting away” muscle in the airways.
Instead of using drugs such as steroids, a wire probe is inserted into the lungs and then heats the tissue.
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