Media Queries
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2 November 2009
New York Times : A breathing technique offers help for people with asthma
April 2009
Nurses to be trained to teach Buteyko Breathing Technique to asthmatics
7 March 2009
Breathe easy - and take control over your asthma
12 February 2008
Randomised controlled trial of the Buteyko technique as a adjunct to conventional management of asthma
Dr Robert Cowie et al. Respiratory Medicine.
28 June 2007
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.
1 December 2006
Buteyko in the NHS. A pilot study
19 June 2006
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.
5 June 2006
Two different breathing techniques in the management of asthma
4 June 2006
The Sunday Times - UK - 4th June 2006
Why taking a deep breath can help asthma sufferers
... The exercises were based on hypoventilation and nasal techniques associated with the Buteyko breathing method ...
18 May 2005
British Thoracic Society Summer Meeting 2005
The Sage, Gateshead, Newcastle.
Thursday 10 - 10.30 am June 30th 2005.
Complementary Therapies: When Drugs are Not Enough.
BUTEYKO BREATHING EXERCISES FOR ASTHMA
Dr James Oliver examines the clinical evidence supporting the use of Buteyko breathing exercises for patients with asthma.
16 February 2004
The Sunday Telegraph 16th February 2004
Dr James Le Fanu reports on an asthma 'cure' to take your breath away
...Clearly there must be more to asthma than conventional explanations allow. "Buteyko's method is a safe, efficacious alternative for the management of asthma," observed Dr Bruce Duncan in the New Zealand Medical Journal in December - and with an estimated five million asthmatics in Britain being treated at a cost of £850 million per annum, that is an important message.