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- Safe use of adrenaline for people with anaphylaxis
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Our approach to the treatment of asthma has changed. Helen Reddel explains why the focus is
now on asthma control rather than severity.
Hypertension is another condition where treatment is adjusted to gain control. Peter Donovan discusses hypertension in pregnancy, while Julian Ayer and Gary Sholler consider childhood hypertension.
Children and adults with a history of anaphylaxis need to have immediate access to injectable adrenaline. Sandra Vale, Jill Smith and Richard Loh review the devices for autoinjection.
A new device for treating depression uses magnetic fields. Paul Fitzgerald describes the technology of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation.
JG Ayer and GF Sholler
