What time of day is best for asthma preventer use? Research hints at an answer
A single dose of inhaled corticosteroid at 4pm may optimise lung function in patients with asthma who otherwise succumb to nocturnal dips, a small study…
Tag: Respiratory
Influenza surges early with 58,000 cases so far this year
A GP expert says this year’s early influenza surge is unsurprising but disappointing as it can be explained partly by Australia’s low vaccination rates. More…
Bronchodilator responsiveness is lower with afternoon and wintertime spirometry: study
Bronchodilator responsiveness falls by 8% for each hour of the day that has elapsed, showing the importance of spirometry timing, UK researchers say. The retrospective…
Why is it so hard to say no when patients demand unnecessary treatments?
We GPs are practical types. Not only do we like to tell people what to do, we also like having the skills to do things…
‘CT in a truck’ fleet won’t be ready when national lung cancer screening starts
GPs will start screening patients for lung cancer in July but outback towns will not see the promised mobile CT scanners until at least November,…
Patient death at hospital that had no doctors for four days ‘wholly preventable’: coroner
A patient has died at a hospital with no doctors after a telehealth GP prescribed aspirin without knowing of his NSAID hypersensitivity, a coroner has…
Why ‘therapeutic nihilism’ threatens the Lung Cancer Screening Program
A sense of pessimism around treatment outcomes and deep-seated stigma risk undermining patient participation in the new Lung Cancer Screening Program, the Lung Foundation Australia…
Doctor’s defamation case against ‘nasty’ online reviews fails
A respiratory physician has lost a defamation claim over a targeted campaign of negative reviews after a court found insufficient evidence that the reviews had…
Certain diabetes drugs cut risk of COPD exacerbations: study
Patients with type 2 diabetes and COPD are up to 20% less likely to experience respiratory exacerbations when treated with SGLT-2 inhibitors or GLP-1 receptor…
The mildest since COVID-19? Top flu expert’s predictions for the 2025 season
Falling GP flu vaccinations and a streak of early seasons show the importance of fast and widespread immunisation when 2025 stocks arrive, says a top…
