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| | | Dr Mark Porter gives listeners the low-down on what the medical profession does and doesn't know. Each week an expert in the studio tackles a particular topic and there are reports from around the UK on the health of the nation - and the NHS.
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|  | | | | "I spend half my week practising medicine and the other half writing and talking about it as a GP in Gloucestershire. Working on Case Notes has been a boon for both me and my patients. One of the principal aims of the programme is to keep our listeners up-to-date with the latest developments in healthcare, and to accomplish that I get to interview a wide range of specialists at the cutting edge of medicine. A rare privilege that ensures our listeners aren't the only ones to learn something new."
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Respiratory Medicine
Around a quarter of deaths in the UK are due to diseases of the lung, such as lung cancer, emphysema, bronchitis, asthma and cystic fibrosis.
In Case Notes this week Dr Mark Porter will be reporting on the latest treatments for some of these common lung conditions.
An asthma epidemic?
The prevalence of asthma has rocketed in the last 30 years.
In 2003 more than a quarter of children in the UK had been told they were asthmatic.
Mark Porter asks experts whether they think this is the true incidence or if some cases are misdiagnosed, and discusses the best and safest treaments for asthma.
Bronchial Boogie
In Oldham there's a pilot project called the Bronchial Boogie, in which primary school aged children are taught to manage their asthma through learning to play a woodwind instrument.
Thanks to the project, the children are using their inhalers less often, taking fewer days off school, and more of them are able to take part in sport.
COPD
A less well known lung condition is chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder - COPD
The term covers smoking related diseases such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
There is no therapy that can reverse the damage, but Mark finds out how drugs and interventions such as ventilation can improve the quality of life of patients.
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RELATED LINKS
British Lung Foundation
National Asthma Campaign
Asthma News
Bronchial Boogie
Bronchial Boogie - Oldham NHS
Cystic Fibrosis Trust
Cancer Research UK - Lung Cancer
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
BBC News: Working out can aid lung patients
BBC News: Child asthma rates quadruple
BBC News: New theory behind cystic fibrosis
BBC Health: Asthma guide
BBC Health: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
BBC Health: Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week
BBC Medical Notes: Emphysema
BBC Health: Lung cancer
BBC Health
BBC News Health
BBC Webguide - Health
NetDoctor
NHS Direct
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