Artificial stone, which is used mainly for kitchen benchtops, is a potent source of silica dust, which can scar the lung and cause lung cancer. Banning artificial stone could save lives.
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Traditionally marketed to women, banning menthol tobacco flavouring would make a moderate impact on smoking harms. Australia is behind many other countries.
Disruptions to the lung microbiome are linked to a number of respiratory conditions in both children and adults.
COVID has shown us we can develop a range of safe and effective vaccines. Now we need to do the same for TB.
New data shows 18% of workers in Victoria’s stone benchtop industry have silicosis. Ignorance and complacency around the risks of working with artificial stone are seeing tradies paying a high price.
A new discovery offers hope for ways to treat a debilitating disease that has become a leading cause of death in the US..
Teaching deaf babies sign language improves the success of cochlear implants – and also safeguards their long-term physical and mental health.
In South Asia, days with both extreme heat and extreme pollution are expected to increase 175% by 2050. Separately, the health effects are bad; together they will likely be worse.
An addiction psychiatrist explains why smoking raises the risks from COVID-19 and how to quit.
While COVID-19 raises the risk for people with underlying medical conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and COPD, social distancing can make it harder to keep up diets and medication.
Even as evidence of its adverse effects emerges, vaping is growing more popular among young people.
Asthma rescue inhalers are in short supply, and asthma sufferers are worried about the risks they face from COVID-19. A doctor answers six key questions.
Controlled coughing can help people with cystic fibrosis, under supervision and in hospital. But when done at home, it could help spread the coronavirus.
Prenatal and postnatal antibiotic exposure combined with oxygen treatment led to lung inflammation and altered immunity in a study in mice.
During bushfire season, managing medication as well as respiratory conditions should be part of any emergency plan.
Defining what this disease is and who has it has helped those investigating the outbreak understand what caused it.
What lessons can Australia learn from tackling asbestos to manage this latest preventable occupational hazard?
We’ve still got a lot to learn about the long term health effects of vaping. But based on what we know so far, vaping liquids containing oils, and especially cannabis/THC liquids, should be avoided.
Vaping devices cause deadly lung toxicity. Their marketing to children must be banned.
Lung infections are the most common reason for Aboriginal children to be hospitalised. But many cases can be prevented by seeking treatment for wet coughs that last for four weeks or more.
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Senior Research Fellow, School of Population Health, Curtin University
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Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Epidemiology, Curtin University
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Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame and ARC Future Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Paediatric Respiratory Physician and Research Fellow, The Kids Research Institute Australia
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Associate Professor, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Research Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia
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ARC Future Fellow and Sydney Horizon Fellow, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, University of Sydney
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Chief Medical Scientist and Team Leader, CF Airway Research Group, 2000-2024, Adelaide University
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Senior Respiratory Physiotherapsit & Researcher, The Kids Research Institute Australia
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Respiratory, sleep and general physician and conjoint lecturer in medicine, University of Newcastle
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Senior research fellow, Adelaide University
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Post Retirement Fellow, CSIRO
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Professor of Respiratory Infection and Immunity, Queen Mary University of London