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Asthma is a long-term inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs. [ 4] It is characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, reversible airflow obstruction, and easily triggered bronchospasms. [ 9][ 10] Symptoms include episodes of wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath. [ 3]
Ann Janet Woolcock AO FAA FRACP (11 December 1937 – 17 February 2001) was an Australian respiratory physician–scientist and one of the world's leading asthma experts. . She contributed greatly to the field of asthma research and founded the Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Sydney, which is now known as the Woolcock Institute of Medical Resea
Helen Reddel or Helen Kathryn Reddel is a respiratory physician, a professor at Macquarie University, and adjunct professor at the University of Sydney, Chair of the Global Initiative for Asthma, [1] [2] who was awarded an Order of Australia in 2024, for services to respiratory medicine. [3]
A thunderstorm in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia Colourised scanning electron microscope image of pollen grains from a variety of common plants. Thunderstorm asthma (also referred to in the media as thunder fever or a pollen bomb [1]) is the triggering of an asthma attack by environmental conditions directly caused by a local thunderstorm.
Carol Armour. Emerita Professor Carol Armour AM is an Australian researcher specialising in asthma. Her research ranged from cellular level investigations to translation of asthma research into the health system. She was a NHMRC Research Committee member and Pro Vice Chancellor, Research, at The University of Sydney, before taking up a position ...
Amongst younger people (0 to 17 years), the incidence of disability caused by asthma almost halved between 2003 and 2009, from 0.9% in 2003 to 0.5% in 2009. Of those aged between 18 and 44 years, the incidence of asthma-related disability also decreased, from 0.5% in 2003 to 0.3%.
The history of Australia is the history of the land and peoples which now comprise the Commonwealth of Australia. The modern nation came into existence on 1 January 1901 as a federation of former British colonies. The human history of Australia, however, commences with the arrival of the first ancestors of Aboriginal Australians by sea from ...
Epidemiology of asthma. As of 2011, approximately 235 million people worldwide were affected by asthma, [2] and roughly 250,000 people die per year from asthma-related causes. [3] Low and middle income countries make up more than 80% of the mortality. [4] Prevalences vary between countries from 1% to 18%. [3]