title: Russian revelation.
abstract: Jill McGowan was convinced that a programme of breathing retraining--the Buteyko Method - could reduce the medication needs of people with asthma. So she gave up her nursing job and sold her house and car to finance research. Training requires five 90-minute sessions. The 30-minute exercise programme has to be repeated six times a day initially. Introduction of the method to the NHS could have a major impact on asthma management with potentially huge savings on cost.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Millar
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D001945:Breathing Exercises; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D012426:Russia; D016896:Treatment Outcome