What is pneumonia?

What is pneumonia? Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs that can be caused by a variety of different pathogens, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and mycobacteria.   Transcript Pneumonia is an infection in the lung tissue caused by microbes, and the result is inflammation. The inflammation brings water into the lung tissue, and that extra […]

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7 lives will change today | Armed Forces Day 2018

All at once these highly-trained individuals lose the camaraderie, purpose, and career which has been their life. Show your support for them this Armed Forces Day.   […]

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Breathe Easy Week

Breathe Easy Week is the annual awareness event, focusing on lung health. It takes place from 18 – 24 June 2018. Each year, Breathe Easy Week raises awareness of lung conditions and helps to fund life-changing research and our important support and campaigning work. […]

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Bike week is here!

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Bike Week, delivered by Cycling UK, is an annual opportunity to promote cycling and show how cycling can easily be part of everyday life by encouraging ‘everyday cycling for everyone’. Believe it or not, Bike Week first took place in 1923 – 95 years ago! It was, and always has been, a great opportunity to […]

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Why do people have seasonal allergies

Ah, spring. Grass growing, flowers blooming, trees budding. For those with allergies, though, this explosion of new life probably inspires more dread than joy. So what’s behind this annual onslaught of mucus? Eleanor Nelsen explains what happens when your immune system goes rogue. […]

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