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Five nurses have just completed a demanding 6-month asthma diploma course. Tiffany DeSilva -KEMH Catlin-Lindo, Alien Guilas – KEMH IV team, Kedese McPherson – KEMH maternity, Aashiqa Mehta-Smith – KEMH Gosling and Trevor Bend – Department of Correcti...

Pupils and parents were given advice on asthma when they gathered at an awareness event at City Hall. Asthma charity Open Airways organised “Helping Bermuda Breathe” to mark World Asthma Day and spread the message about the condition, which affects m...

Preschool children learnt to love their lungs at a presentation on asthma awareness. Open Airways, an asthma charity, gave instructional talks and exercises during the “B is for Breathing” presentation at Warwick Preschool. Liz Boden, the president o...

An asthma charity has launched an online survey to help to improve services to sufferers. A spokeswoman for Open Airways said that the group was “trying to better understand the perceptions of asthma control in Bermuda to ensure we are providing the ...

A new education campaign designed to boost knowledge about asthma was sparked by the tragic death of a young boy in Britain. Open Airways, an island asthma charity, is offering the Support Children’s Health-Asthma online course. The George Coller M...

Schoolchildren with asthma should start using their inhalers before the start of the new school term, a charity has warned. Open Airways cofounder Liz Boden said exposure to mould and viruses in schools was responsible for a sharp rise in asthma duri...

An asthma expert reminded the public to take time to think about their breathing — and what they are breathing. Liz Boden, co-founder of asthma charity Open Airways, said: “If you just look at the posture of people and you look at their breathing, th...

Crystal Caesar celebrated the hard work of Open Airways yesterday as the charity celebrated World Asthma Day. Ms Caesar, the government spokeswoman for health in the Senate, said the number of patients admitted to hospital for asthma had fallen by 76...

Up to five people a day still visit the hospital’s emergency ward because of asthma attacks. Liz Boden, co-founder of Open Airways, said that while numbers had fallen over the past two decades Bermuda still had a “huge” problem with asthma. Ms Boden...

Asthma charity Open Airways is to organise a short walk to celebrate 20 years of helping Bermuda breathe easier. The Love Your Lungs stroll around Hamilton’s City Hall will be part of the charity’s education event on Tuesday to mark World Asthma Day....

An island-wide campaign has been launched to help people with asthma take control of the condition. Blue “quick reliever” asthma inhalers are being featured on 23 public buses and in newspaper advertisements to raise awareness. BHB asthma nurse edu...

The Department of Health is reminding parents to monitor their children’s asthma as the start of the school year approaches. A spokeswoman for the department urged parents to ensure regular daily use of preventer inhalers, in case they have not been ...