Infant food allergy signals later asthma risk: Aussie study
Infants with confirmed food allergy are nearly four times more likely to be diagnosed with asthma by age six than those without allergies, suggest results…
Tag: Asthma
GP prescribing rights for kids’ asthma inhaler finally restored
GPs can once again prescribe subsidised Flixotide Junior and Axotide Junior to children under six after the PBAC’s controversial restrictions were officially scrapped over the…
ICS still overlooked as first-line asthma therapy: leading GP
A leading GP has called for wider use of inhaled corticosteroids for both adults and children with asthma to combat the overuse of short-acting beta2 agonists…
Asthma in adults
Need to know: Asthma is a common chronic respiratory condition that affects more than 250 million individuals worldwide.1 Despite significant advances in our understanding of…
GPs win back PBS prescribing rights for kids’ asthma drug
GPs will be allowed to prescribe subsidised Flixotide Junior and Axotide Junior to young children once more after the PBAC partly reversed its controversial changes. It means initial scripts for fluticasone…
Doctors report first pulmonary nocardiosis case in patient whose only risk was ICS use
Pulmonary nocardiosis typically affects immunocompromised patients, but French doctors have reported the first case of the bacterial infection in a man whose only risk factor…
‘No evidence’ GPs inappropriately prescribed fluticasone inhalers: RACGP
The PBS ban on GPs initiating Flixotide Junior and Axotide Junior sends the wrong message to patients that inhaled corticosteroids are unsafe and that GPs…
Leading doctors call on PBAC to scrap asthma drug prescribing ban on GPs
Leading doctors are directly lobbying the Federal Government to scrap new restrictions stopping GPs from initiating PBS scripts for Flixotide Junior and Axotide Junior in…
Anxiety risk higher in kids with asthma: study
Preschoolers with asthma could benefit from early psychological screening and interventions to reduce their risk of anxiety during adolescence, according to Australian researchers. The advice…
Cash not care: Is the asthma drug GP crackdown all about money?
There is still no official word on why GPs have been banned from initiating Flixotide Junior and Axotide Junior under the PBS for children under…
