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Australia Spending Billions on Asthma
Youth Health Magzine According to a report by Deloitte, asthma is responsible for more than $3 billion of economic costs of which $1.2 billion can be attributed to annual health system. An additional $246 million is spent on travel costs and government programs, to name a … Asthma costs Australia almost $28b every year, report finds Asthma costs Aust $28ba year: report |
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Asthma costs Australia almost $28b every year, report finds
ABC Online The reported estimated the total cost of asthma in Australia in 2015 was $27.9 billion, comprised of $3.3 billion in economic costs and $24.7 billion in "burden of disease" costs. It defines "burden of disease" costs as those that flow from suffering … Asthma costs Aust $28ba year: report Australia's $28 billion asthma bill |
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Keeping asthma symptoms in check could prevent large number of deaths, study …
Radio Australia The first national snapshot of asthma control has found a significant number of deaths could be prevented if sufferers kept their symptoms in check. The Australian study found almost half of all adult asthma sufferers had poor control over their … Aussies need more asthma symptom control |
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Child more likely to get asthma if father smoked in teens, researchers say
Radio Australia New research has found babies are more likely to develop asthma if their father smoked as a teenager. Medical experts said the information should be used to educate young men about the dangers smoking could have on their unborn children. The Thoracic … |
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Young asthma sufferers in Australia face mental health risk
helpmeoutDOC News – A consistent flow of medical news Young Australians with asthma face the risk exceeding 50 percent of having a mental illness, double the rate of the entire population in Australia, a new study suggests. Researchers used a survey of 533 volunteers, mostly females, aged between 12 and 25. Asthma flares up mental health risk Poorly managed asthma can harm mental health, researchers say Management key to living with asthma |
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Invion starts second phase trial for asthma treatment
Proactive Investors Australia Invion (ASX: IVX) has initiated the phase II “NIMA” clinical trial to investigate the use of INV102 in patients with mild asthma. The trail, which is funded by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases through a cooperative … |
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New treatments for asthma sufferers
Sky News Australia Up to a third of asthma sufferers with a severe form of the disease could breathe easier in future after researchers discovered a pathway for potential new treatments. Many people with the severe form of asthma are resistant to conventional steroid … New hope for asthmatics |
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Asthma sufferers oblivious of risk
Sky News Australia Asthma sufferers in Australia have a dangerously laid-back attitude towards their condition, according to a national survey of adult patients. The online survey of 1011 people found 95 per cent of asthma sufferers believed their condition was well … Asthmatics shouldn't have trouble breathing |
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Pregnant asthmatic women taking risks
Sky News Australia Pregnant asthmatic women taking risks Updated: 14:43, Tuesday May 8, 2012 Women who stop taking asthma medication when pregnant are putting themselves and their unborn babies at risk, a new study says. Monash University researcher Angelina Lim said … |
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WA researchers inch towards asthma vaccine
Science Network Western Australia “One of our major challenges has been to convince the pharmaceutical industry to get seriously interested in “prevention” of asthma, especially in children, as opposed to the conventional approach of treating symptoms in established disease. |
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