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On the 31st May this year, it was World Smokefree Day 2013. For one whole day, the entire world was focused on the idea of smoking cessation. Whether you took part in World Somkefree Day or not, it may be a really good opportunity for you…

Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS) is a serious medical condition where a newborn baby's lungs cannot provide their body with enough oxygen. NRDS is also known as hyaline membrane disease, infant respiratory distress syndrome or…

There are many diseases and conditions that affect the respiratory system. These are known as pulmonary disorders and each affects the respiratory system in different ways and with varying levels of severity. Here are some of the most…

Asthma is a condition whose cause isn't fully understood. There's a list as long as your arm full of high risk factors but no-one can tell you just what the defining one is - what actually causes asthma? Considering how common asthma is in…

We've known pollution was a bad thing for a very long time indeed. The thing which we weren't aware of is that it's actually bad for us as well as the environment. Quite why we didn't put this together earlier is a mystery as pollution is…

Asthma is a condition which I'm sure you are familiar with. The inhaler is something which we'll all have seen and most of us will link it with asthma immediately. It's a chronic respiratory condition which affects the bronchioles (the…