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E-cigarettes: Dr Joe Kosterich

Transcript There’s a lot of talk about e-cigarettes these days. Hi, I’m Doctor Joe. It’s almost from the ‘what would […]

Smoking rates high among people with psychotic illness

The rate of smoking among people in Adelaide’s northern suburbs who suffer from a psychotic illness is much greater than […]

Winning the war against Human parainfluenza virus

Researchers at Griffith University’s Institute for Glycomics have moved a step closer to identifying a treatment for the dreaded Human parainfluenza virus […]

Lung Foundation Australia launches COPD-X Concise Guide

Lung Foundation Australia has launched new guidelines to help primary care health professionals to diagnose and manage one of the […]

Grandparents could leave a big, fat inheritance

A University of Queensland study is one of the world’s first to investigate whether obesity and chronic diseases can be […]

New report highlights impact of lung disease

A new report released today reveals lung disease contributes to more than 10% of the overall health burden in Australia. […]

Topical antibiotics used to prevent pneumonia in intensive care “hazardous and …

The use of topical antibiotics in clinical trials to prevent pneumonia in patients in intensive care units increased rather than […]

Virulence of killer bacteria “like roll of a dice”

An international team of scientists has uncovered a genetic switch that turns the global killer bacteria, Streptococcus pneumoniae, from a seemingly benign […]