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Are your asthma patients back-to-school ready?

23 Jan 2017

Paediatric asthma emergencies surge in February - are your patients back-to-school ready?

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Are your pharmacy's asthma patients back-to-school ready?

23 Jan 2017

Children’s asthma emergencies surge in February - Are your pharmacy's patients back-to-school ready?

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Thunderstorm asthma advice – South Australians who “wheeze and sneeze” urged to take extra care

23 Dec 2016

South Australians who experience wheezing and sneezing should take extra care ahead of predicted thunderstorms over Christmas

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Stay safe with your asthma over Christmas and the summer holidays

20 Dec 2016

​It's easy for the festive and summer holiday period to become the season of sneezing and wheezing say experts.

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Australians with severe asthma to benefit from new PBS treatment options

17 Dec 2016

Two medications have been PBS listed as add-on treatments for severe asthma - tiotropium (Spiriva) and mepolizumab (Nucala)

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Thunderstorm asthma advice - those who “wheeze and sneeze” urged to take extra care

3 Dec 2016

People who 'wheeze and sneeze' during spring need to take extra care ahead of forecast thunderstorms

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Women most likely to die from asthma - older women urged to take extra care

16 Nov 2016

New data from the ABS shows that women aged over 55 continue to be most at risk of dying from asthma.

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Updated Asthma Handbook Clarifies Confusion on New Asthma and COPD Drugs for pharmacists

18 Oct 2016

We have updated the Australian Asthma Handbook, the national treatment guidelines for asthma.

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Updated Asthma Handbook Clarifies Confusion on New Asthma and COPD Drugs

18 Oct 2016

We have updated the Australian Asthma Handbook, the national treatment guidelines for asthma.

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Parents need advice, not alarm, on reported side-effects of montelukast in children

5 Sep 2016

Reported montelukast side-effects in children are very rare, but parents should seek medical advice if concerned