Anaesthesia & Respiratory Care Feature Articles
With over 5 million tons of medical waste being disposed of annually*, we’re aware of the impact single-use medical devices can have on our environment. But did you know there is ...
Sleep is an amazing thing, it can have so many positive effects to your body and mind.
The purpose of this white paper is to describe the evolution of COSMED portable open-circuit spirometry systems, and discuss their validity, reliability, and principles of operation. ...
Measurement of the rate of lung volume changes during forced breathing is Forced Vital Capacity (FVC).
Spirometry may be insufficient to diagnose early pathology in persons exposed to prolonged second hand smoke (SHS).
Three beagles successfully identify lung cancer by scent in recent study
Supagas supply the highest grade medical oxygen, medical air and equipment to hospitals, medical centres, veterinarians, chemists and patients throughout Australia.
Pain management groups are welcoming private health insurance amendment rules tabled in this session of
Parliament.
The Turnbull Government will invest more than half a million dollars in projects to improve the lives of Australians who live with allergies.
Australia has achieved a major victory in a World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute over whether its
tobacco plain packaging laws are a necessary public health measure and consistent ...
A three-dimensional scan of the face could soon replace expensive time-consuming sleep studies as a means of diagnosing the most common type of sleep disorder thanks to WA research ...
If children develop severe respiratory illness before two years old, they are at least double the risk of developing asthma later in childhood, a study of NSW babies has found.
A single treatment giving life-long protection from severe allergies such as asthma could be made possible by immunology research at The University of Queensland.
Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease that affects tens of thousands of people in the United States and worldwide. There is currently no cure for the condition, but new research ...
The Turnbull Government will invest close to $130 million to give Australians with severe uncontrolled asthma subsidised access to breakthrough medicines through the Pharmaceutical ...
One-third of people presenting to NSW emergency departments have underlying drug and alcohol problems, yet only a small number get appropriate treatment, UNSW research has found.
The AMA has joined forces with the Australian Academy of Science to promote and distribute the Academy’s revised and updated booklet, The Science of Immunisation: Questions and ...
New evidence shows that there is no budget emergency in health, and that the Federal Government cannot continue to justify the freeze on Medicare patient rebates, according to the ...
The AMA has welcomed the decision by Health Minister Sussan Ley to extend the deadline for general practices to comply with the new Practice Incentive Program (PIP) Digital Health ...
Tobacco smoking remains a major cause of many health problems, but according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), Australians' smoking behaviours ...
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