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Podcast: with help from NASA, Australian respiratory researchers take on COVID-19

When you walk into a lift, 2% of the air you breathe is exhaled human breath. And in trains that figure is even higher, says respiratory physiologist Jay Flack, who is working on ways to reduce the risk of COVID-19...

When you walk into a lift, 2% of the air you breathe is exhaled human breath. And in trains that...

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COPD

Additions to GOLD for 2021 provide guidance on pandemic and triple therapy

Key changes to the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) for 2021 include a whole new chapter on managing COVID-19 and COPD during the pandemic and a checklist for carrying out remote consultations. The additional section on COVID-19 recommends...

Key changes to the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) for 2021 include a whole new chapter on...
Lung cancer

TSANZ says new evidence strengthens case against vaping for smoking cessation

Respiratory experts have urged parliament not to ease access to electronic cigarettes, saying new evidence has confirmed that vaping has little benefit in tobacco smoking cessation and harms the lungs. Professor Matthew Peters, Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Macquarie University, Sydney, has...

Respiratory experts have urged parliament not to ease access to electronic cigarettes, saying new evidence has confirmed that vaping has...

TSANZ leader moves to new role in cancer control

After almost six years in the role of CEO at the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ), Tanya Buchanan is moving her expertise and energy across to lead Cancer Council Australia. She told the limbic one of the highlights...

After almost six years in the role of CEO at the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ), Tanya...