A CELLPHONE-based system that prompts asthma sufferers to carry out regular measurements of lung capacity could help prevent serious asthma attacks.
The idea, now undergoing clinical trials in the Thames Valley, to the west of London, is part of a plan to monitor asthma sufferers continually, instead of only intermittently, during infrequent visits to clinics. This should help lower the risk of a serious attack, says Lionel Tarassenko, chief technologist at E-San, the Oxford-based firm running the trial.
More than half the 3.4 million asthma sufferers in Britain need to monitor their condition daily so that a doctor can decide…
