Some wheezy infants have lower risk of asthma in adulthood: Melbourne Atopy Cohort

Infants who have early transient wheeze in the first two years of life have a reduced risk of atopic disease and asthma in later childhood and adolescence, a Victorian study has found The findings that early transient wheeze is a benign...

Infants who have early transient wheeze in the first two years of life have a reduced risk of atopic disease...

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Critical shortage of EpiPen Jr forces patients to rely on contaminated product

Supplies of Epipen Jr (150mcg adrenaline) products have run out in Australia and families of children with with allergic asthma are being advised to keep their expired auto-injectors for emergency use until replacement stock becomes available in late December 2019. Manufacturer...

Supplies of Epipen Jr (150mcg adrenaline) products have run out in Australia and families of children with with allergic asthma...

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‘Feather doona lung’ hypersensitivity reported

While the fall-out from fires not feathers are more likely to cause respiratory health problems in Australia in the next few months, BMJ Case Reports...

While the fall-out from fires not feathers are more...

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Adrenaline autoinjectors may be effective long past their expiry date

Expiry dates for adrenaline autoinjectors may be too short as many retain a high percentage of active ingredient beyond the official 12-18 month use-by date when they are recommended for replacement, US researchers say. In an evaluation of 46 autoinjectors that...

Expiry dates for adrenaline autoinjectors may be too short as many retain a high percentage of active ingredient beyond the...

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Repeat of thunderstorm asthma event feared with SA dust storms

Dust storms in South Australia have prompted warnings for people with respiratory and cardiac conditions to take precautions to avoid a “thunderstorm asthma” like event With the Bureau of Meteorology reporting strong northerly winds creating dust ahead of a massive old...

Dust storms in South Australia have prompted warnings for people with respiratory and cardiac conditions to take precautions to avoid...

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Respiratory physicians in Queen’s Birthday Honours List

Several prominent respiratory and sleep medicine clinicians have been recognised in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours list.Professor Christine McDonald, Director of the Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at Austin Health, Melbourne, is named as a Member in the General...

Several prominent respiratory and sleep medicine clinicians have been recognised in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours list.Professor Christine McDonald, Director...

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Sublingual immunotherapy tablets are best protection against thunderstorm asthma

Sublingual immunotherapy has been proposed as the mainstay of protection against future epidemics of thunderstorm asthma based on findings from a small Victorian study. Seventeen patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis showed no symptoms during Melbourne’s severe thunderstorm asthma event of...

Sublingual immunotherapy has been proposed as the mainstay of protection against future epidemics of thunderstorm asthma based on findings from...

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What are allergies and why are we getting more of them?

Allergies are reactions caused by the immune system as it responds to environmental substances that are usually harmless to most people. They may occur in response to a range of different material (called allergens), such as food, pollen, dust mites,...

Allergies are reactions caused by the immune system as it responds to environmental substances that are usually harmless to most...