respiratory
Public Health

Silicosis crisis in stonemasons prompts government promises of action

Federal, state and territory health ministers have agreed to further investigate the creation of a national dust diseases register in response to concerns about the re-emergence of silicosis in Australian workplaces. Sustained media attention, culminating in last week’s report on the...

Federal, state and territory health ministers have agreed to further investigate the creation of a national dust diseases register in...

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Uncategorized

Report recommends overhaul of My Health Record, but key changes not supported by Coalition

The Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs report into the My Health Record system was released last Thursday. It has recommended several substantial changes to the way My Health Record operates that attempt to address security and privacy concerns raised about...

The Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs report into the My Health Record system was released last Thursday. It has recommended...
Medicine

Treatment burden should be part of clinical practice guidelines

Treatment burden should be included in clinical practice guidelines to help improve treatment decisions and avoid overburdening patients, leading US physicians say. Writing in the BMJ, a group led by the consultant pulmonologist Dr Claudia Dobler of the Mayo Clinic...

Treatment burden should be included in clinical practice guidelines to help improve treatment decisions and avoid overburdening patients, leading US...
Cystic fibrosis

Indeterminate role of Aspergillus in CF, Australasian study finds

About 18% of young children with cystic fibrosis are returning BAL cultures positive for Aspergillus species although there seems to be no association with FEV1% predicted or with lung function decline into adolescence. Data from 156 patients in the Australasian Cystic...

About 18% of young children with cystic fibrosis are returning BAL cultures positive for Aspergillus species although there seems to...