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Asthma action plans and what to do in an asthma attack: Dr Peter Bremner

Asthma action plans and what to do in an asthma attack: Dr Peter Bremner

Asthma action plans detail what to do in an asthma attack and when to use medications, including preventers and relievers, to control asthma symptoms.

28 Feb 2016

Asthma

Asthma

Asthma is a common respiratory condition often caused by allergies. There are many risk factors, tests for diagnosing and medications for treating asthma.

28 Feb 2016

Asthma treatments and correct inhaler technique: Dr Peter Bremner

Asthma treatments and correct inhaler technique: Dr Peter Bremner

Asthma medications (inhalers) include preventers of asthma symptoms and relievers of asthma attacks. The correct inhaler technique must be used.

24 Feb 2016

Asthma: Risk factors, symptoms and assessment: Dr Peter Bremner

Asthma: Risk factors, symptoms and assessment: Dr Peter Bremner

Asthma medications (inhalers) include preventers of asthma symptoms and relievers of asthma attacks. The correct inhaler technique must be used.

01 Feb 2016

Staging of Skin (Cutaneous) Melanoma

Staging of Skin (Cutaneous) Melanoma

Melanoma staging is a system for classifying melanoma skin cancer according to its severity in terms of tumour size, lymph node spread and metastasis at…

18 Nov 2014

Aussies with Asthma Advised to Keep Calcium Levels High

Aussies with Asthma Advised to Keep Calcium Levels High

A leading respiratory physician today advised Australians with asthma to meet the recommended daily calcium intake as new research has found that people with lung…

09 Jul 2014

GP Q/A: What are antioxidants and why are they good for you?

GP Q/A: What are antioxidants and why are they good for you?

Resident expert, Dr. Joe Kosterich, General Practitioner and Editorial Advisory Board Member of myVMC, answers a reader's question about antioxidants.

30 Jun 2014

Common Drug Restores Blood Flow in Deadly Form of Muscular Dystrophy

Common Drug Restores Blood Flow in Deadly Form of Muscular Dystrophy

Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute researchers have found that a commonly prescribed drug restores blood flow to oxygen-starved muscles of boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a genetic…

06 Jun 2014

Vaccine could offer protection against ear infections

Vaccine could offer protection against ear infections

A team of international researchers has moved a step closer to developing a vaccine to protect against middle ear infection, currently the most common infection…

26 May 2014