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Ambulance dispute - Man dies of asthma attack (1989)

Genre

Interview; News report

Simon Bowden reports on the death of a north London man who waited forty minutes for medical help – even though a fully-manned ambulance station was only five minutes from his home. 35 year-old Clifford...

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Breathless (1998 Video)

Producer

Norman Stone

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Investigates the Buteyko method, a controversial drug-free treatment for asthma developed by Russian professor Konstantin Pavlovich Buteyko, who claims that many asthma symptoms are caused by...

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Mast Cell in Asthma, The (1975 Film)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Describes the immunological mechanisms involved in the allergic response with particular reference to factors which cause the degranulation of the mast cell. Shows how, by the introduction of Intal, more...

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Devices in Detail (199 Video)

Director

Nick Lake

Producer

Michael Rodd

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 83 min., 2000 sale: £16.00 (inclusive)

Demonstrates over 20 different types different types of inhaler, peak flow meter and nebulizer which are currently available for asthama relief and shows how to use them and how to teach patients to use them.

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Diagnostic Net, The (1983 Video)

Producer

Roland A Clark

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Videocassette. VHS. col. 15 min.

Reviews how some general practitioners have changed their approach to the management of asthma by making better use of the everyday resources available, including a register of asthmatic patients, routine...

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Complementary Childcare: Asthma (2002)

aka: Complementary Kids: Asthma

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £14.99

A series originally shown on the Discovery Health Channel seeking to promote a greater understanding of the use of complementary therapies in treating a range of illnesses in children. Each programme deals...

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Allergic to the 20th Century (1993 Video)

Producer

John Groom

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Asthma has reached epidemic proportions in the western world and is now increasing in the developing world. Scientistsbelieve the cause may be an allergic reaction to something in the 20th-century lifestyle....

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Triumphs Of British Medical Research

Date released

Jul 1965

Series name

Carrousel Britanico

Issue no

13

NoS ID

324647

Story no

2 / 5

COI synopsis: At a research laboratory in England, scientists have recently produced a new drug which gives immediate relief to sufferers from asthma and bronchitis. This laboratory also produce large...

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Animal Crackers: Packaged Grass

Date released

1981

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

264

NoS ID

352409

Story no

4 / 4

COI synopsis: Some ingenious ideas, developed by both agricultural scientists and working farmers, to improve efficiency down on the farm. Horses eat hay. But if the hay becomes slightly damp, mould spores...

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Air pollution information (1990)

Genre

Interview

Minister for the Environment and Countryside, David Trippier, talks from the radio car, (to Peter Deeley?) about white paper recommendations for the introduction of air quality bulletins to weather reports...

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