The Herald: Rise in asthma cases brings calls for fresh approachA FRESH focus on asthma was demanded yesterday in the wake of worrying reports about the disease.
Opposition politicians in Scotland called for a new strategy to try to combat the epidemic which has become more prevalent over the last 40 years.
Carolyn Leckie, the Socialist MSP, said there needed to be a radical shift focusing resources on preventing the spread of the condition rather than cure....
Ms Leckie, whose daughter has asthma, added: "There is so much money being spent on treatments and there are queries about how cost-effective these treatments are. Surely it would be better to invest in housing conditions in society as a whole to stop people developing asthma. With the difference in asthma rates across the world it is clearly an environmental problem. We need prevention rather than cure."
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