Lung and Allergy Research Centre

28/11/2021

Congratulations on your remarkable achievement, DR Narla🎊🍾 Thanks Ann for preparing such a Amazing cake and sharing with us 🥰

08/09/2021

More evidence that outdoor air pollution is associated with mortality even at low pollution levels below the current European and North American standards.

Objective To investigate the associations between air pollution and mortality, focusing on associations below current European Union, United States, and World Health Organization standards and guidelines. Design Pooled analysis of eight cohorts. Setting Multicentre project Effects of Low-Level Air P...

13/09/2020

https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2020/213/7/cumulative-dispensing-high-oral-corticosteroid-doses-treating-asthma-australia?utm_source=InSight%2B&utm_campaign=e389b12ddf-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_09_11_05_31&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7346f35e23-e389b12ddf-44157365

Cumulative dispensing of high oral corticosteroid doses for treating asthma in Australia

13/09/2020

People with asthma may not be as vulnerable to Covid-19 as first thought.

September 4, 2020There have been many studies looking at the relationship between COVID-19 and asthma. Thus far the vast majority of these studies have found no increased risk of COVID-19 disease severity in those with asthma. Further, there appears to be no indication that asthma is a risk factor f...

02/07/2020

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01915-3?WT.ec_id=NATURE-202007&sap-outbound-id=5011BFE25B23A0844EA1E689D34860F625427719

Clinical evidence reveals how host factors affect coronavirus infection.

07/06/2020

A succinct summary of what is known about SARS-Cov-2

08/04/2020

https://theconversation.com/im-an-asthmatic-what-should-i-do-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic-135309?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20April%209%202020%20-%201588515213&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20April%209%202020%20-%201588515213+CID_7a06b5fce6ecec690fd301a07c4a7910&utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_term=Im%20an%20asthmatic%20what%20should%20I%20do%20during%20the%20coronavirus%20pandemic

We don't yet know if people with asthma are more susceptible to serious outcomes if they get COVID-19. But there's plenty asthmatics can do to risk of any viral infection.

07/04/2020

Useful information from the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
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20/01/2020

https://thelimbic.com/respiratory/unchartered-territory-as-bushfires-ignite-lung-health-concerns/

Feeling nostalgic for the years when the summer injury toll was some bad cases of sunburn and heatstroke? Those halcyon days appear to be long gone with 2019 now established as Australia’s hottest and driest year on record, capped off by unprecedented, widespread and deadly bushfires and a gloomy ...

20/01/2020

Good to see funding into this important issue. We need to know a lot more about the short term and long term effects of bushfire smoke and what are the best methods for personal protection.

The federal government has announced $5 million worth of grants to fund research into the physical and mental health impacts of smoke exposure.

20/01/2020

https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2020-01-07/prolonged-bushfire-smoke-creates-new-health-risks/11844934

The unprecedented scale of Australia's national bushfire crisis is creating new health risks, doctors warn.

12/01/2020

Flu tracking survey are conducting a survey on health problems related to the bushfire smoke. You can contribute to this important research by signing up here.

Tracking Influenza Across Australia and New Zealand