Asthma

Asthma is a concern for South Australian children with the state having the highest rate of hospitalisations in the nation. South Australian

National Asthma Council Australia will deliver six free educational workshops on thunderstorm asthma for health professionals throughout metropolitan Melbourne in September

Experts are calling for greater awareness about the impact gas stoves and damp houses have on the lung health of children. Research published

The world's largest study of its kind has found boys with asthma

There are concerns current efforts to prevent flu in children with chronic lung conditions such as asthma are ineffective. Children with

Increasing preventer medication at the time of an asthma flare-up should not be recommended for children, a study suggests. Significantly increasing a child's

Respiratory physicians are urging older women to take control of their asthma to reduce the numbers of females dying from the disease. Women

Asthma Australia announced today the formation of Asthma Australia Ltd, the new national health charity to better serve the current and future needs of people with asthma

Just over a third of Australians with asthma are properly using their preventer medication to control their condition, a survey has found.

British researchers have found that asthmatics taking vitamin D supplements have a lower risk of suffering a serious asthma attack. Asthmatics

A thunderstorm asthma warning system is up and running in Victoria after nine people died in a freak event last year. A Victorian nurse fighting

Australians with asthma are being warned to act as the winter cold and flu season kicks in to avoid becoming a statistic. Around 40,000 Australians are

On World Asthma Day (May 2) the National Asthma Council Australia is asking health professionals to check whether their patients and their families know asthma

The University of the Sunshine Coast’s Clinical Trials Centre is about to start testing the effectiveness and safety of a potential new triple therapy medicine to better

A unique asthma management and goals app is the latest innovative tool

World Allergy Week is an annual event organised by the World Allergy Organisation (WAO) and will take place from 2-8 April this year, with the focus of raising awareness of

New research has for the first time shown that soluble fibre supplements work to help control asthma. Australian researchers say they have

The death toll from Victoria's freak thunderstorm asthma

Nobel Prize-winning West Australian scientist Barry Marshall is developing a drug to prevent allergic diseases such as asthma, especially in children.

A study has found a clear link between a lack of vitamin D and the risk of developing asthma, highlighting the "dark side" of a lack of sun exposure.