Pollen counts may predict heart disease as well as asthma
A glance at recent pollen counts could help clinicians predict short-term outcomes following acute coronary syndrome (ACS), Australian research suggests. A retrospective study of 15,379 patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) undergoing revascularisation found that high grass and total pollen exposure in the days to hospital admission for a cardiac event...
Woolcock researchers release care pathways for respiratory allergy
People with allergic rhinitis or asthma who might benefit from allergen immunotherapy aren’t getting identified and onto the long treatment pathway which could potentially be life changing, Australian experts say. Professor Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich, from the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, told the limbic that while allergen immunotherapy was usually delivered by...
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 condition that may even be protective against allergy and asthma...
Pollen counts may predict heart disease as well as asthma
A glance at recent pollen counts could help clinicians predict short-term outcomes following acute coronary syndrome (ACS), Australian research suggests. A retrospective study of 15,379 patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) undergoing revascularisation found that high grass and total pollen exposure...
A glance at recent pollen counts could help clinicians predict short-term outcomes following acute coronary syndrome (ACS), Australian research suggests. A...
Woolcock researchers release care pathways for respiratory allergy
People with allergic rhinitis or asthma who might benefit from allergen immunotherapy aren’t getting identified and onto the long treatment pathway which could potentially be life changing, Australian experts say. Professor Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich, from the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, told...
People with allergic rhinitis or asthma who might benefit from allergen immunotherapy aren’t getting identified and onto the long treatment...
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...
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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...