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Can diabetes drugs be used to stop COPD and lung scarring becoming worse?

… real world just yet. Fast-tracking our understanding In an Asthma + Lung UK funded research project, Bohee Lee wants to … her to see if drugs used to treat diabetes can prevent asthma attacks. We’ve seen promising results so far, suggesting that metformin could reduce the risk of asthma attacks by up to a third. Now, Bohee wants to find out …

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By running the London Marathon with a lung condition, I want to prove that you can do anything

… That was a real wake up call. I went to the doctor the next morning and I got my inhaler and my asthma action plan …

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How your body clock could affect your asthma

… We all have a body clock, which is influenced mainly by light and dark, and also by when we eat. Everyone’s body clocks ‘ticks’ slightly … by changes in our bodies over the course of the day. Even in people without asthma, peak flow measurements (a …