Podcast: Highlights from the 2021 TSANZSRS Conference

Tackling some of the biggest global challenges - from respiratory health in the face of climate change to fighting big tobacco and COVID-19 as well as highlighting important developments in respiratory genetics and technology - this year's TSANZSRS conference covered...

Tackling some of the biggest global challenges - from respiratory health in the face of climate change to fighting big...

Public Health

News in brief: Substantial dyspnoea burden in Australian adults; TSANZ medal for pulmonary rehab expert; Pulmonary changes persist long after COVID-19 hospitalisation

Dyspnoea reported by 10% of adults About one in 10 Australians report clinically important levels of breathlessness, according to new findings that suggest underdiagnosis of conditions such as COPD and heart failure. The National Breathlessness Survey conducted in 2019 involving more than 10,000...

Dyspnoea reported by 10% of adults About one in 10 Australians report clinically important levels of breathlessness, according to new findings that...

Asthma

HRT implicated in new asthma in mature aged women

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use associated with menopause can lead to the development of asthma in women, a large Danish study has found. The observational study, published in Chest, comprised 379,649 women 40-65 years from the Danish National Patient Register...

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use associated with menopause can lead to the development of asthma in women, a large Danish...

End-of-life care

Lung cancer top of the list for assisted dying

Lung cancer is the leading reason for people with terminal illness to seek medical assistance to end their lives, according to the latest figures from Victoria’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board. However other serious respiratory conditions such as COPD were infrequently...

Lung cancer is the leading reason for people with terminal illness to seek medical assistance to end their lives, according...