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.
Principales colaboradores
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Professor of Epidemiology, Curtin University
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Coral Gartner es Amigo de The Conversation.
Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame, The University of Queensland
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Research Leader in Respiratory cellular and molecular biology at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research and Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Public Health, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor and Director, Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, The University of Queensland
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Phillip Baker es Amigo de The Conversation.
Research Fellow, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University, Deakin University
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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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Post Retirement Fellow, CSIRO
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Adjunct researcher, University of Tasmania
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Professor, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Health
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Occupational and environmental epidemiologist, Monash University
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Senior research fellow, University of Adelaide
