respiratory
Asthma

Childhood asthma linked to 2 common household exposures

A significant proportion of childhood asthma in Australia is attributable to damp housing and use of gas cookers, new research suggests. Using data from several peer-reviewed studies and the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Census, Queensland researchers have estimated that exposure to...

A significant proportion of childhood asthma in Australia is attributable to damp housing and use of gas cookers, new research...

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Medical politics

Lung Foundation CEO resigns

Lung Foundation Australia is looking for a new CEO after long-time leader Heather Allan announced her impending resignation. According to an announcement by LFA, Heather will be stepping down in July,...

Lung Foundation Australia is looking for a new CEO after long-time...
COPD

No weekend effect on COPD mortality

Hospital staffers have no need to feel guilty about the level of care they provide on the weekend with evidence from New South Wales that weekend admissions are not associated with increased mortality. The retrospective analysis comprised 148,722 patients admitted...

Hospital staffers have no need to feel guilty about the level of care they provide on the weekend with evidence...
Lung cancer

Immune therapy benefits confirmed in NSCLC

Overall survival is doubled in patients with metastatic NSCLC  treated with pembrolizumab in combination with chemotherapy compared to chemo alone, a phase 3 trial has shown. In findings released at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting in Chicago,...

Overall survival is doubled in patients with metastatic NSCLC  treated with pembrolizumab in combination with chemotherapy compared to chemo alone,...