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Article: Dust mite detox can stop asthma.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- April 4, 2006
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Byline: ISLA WHITCROFT
ADUST eradication system that could bring relief to the thousands of dust mite allergy sufferers has been endorsed by the NHS.
It follows the Government's pledge to reduce the [pounds sterling]64 million spent on emergency asthma hospital admissions each year.
The Alpine Treatment, which concentrates on destroying dust mites in the homes of asthma sufferers and preventing reinfestation, is being used by Primary Care Trusts in Leeds, Bradford, Newcastle and Kent with excellent results.
A two-year clinical trial carried out by a team from Sheffield University on the homes of 30 asthmatic subjects aged between 18 ...