Asthma and the older Australian. What we need to know and what we need to do. Proceedings of the Macquarie Bank Asthma Australia Research Alliance Colloquium

Asthma can occur in any age group from the very young to the very old. However, evidence suggests that a broad range of complicating factors and comorbidities specific to the ageing population frequently confound the accurate diagnosis and treatment of older Australians with asthma. In response to such evidence, the Asthma Foundations of Australia, in partnership with the Macquarie Bank, hosted a Colloquium focusing on “Asthma ...

Christopher Pyne MP

The statistics behind asthma will be known to almost everyone reading this report. A disease affecting 2.2 million Australians, it reaches across all age groups. One in six children of primary-school age has asthma, while, at the other end of the spectrum, chronic asthma affects up to 10% of people aged over 65. In recent years, the figures have improved, but the incidence of asthma in ...

David Clarke AO

When Australia’s first Asthma Foundation was started in 1962, the body of knowledge about asthma was minimal. At best, asthma was thought to be related to allergies, and at worst it was considered to be the consequence of overprotective mothers. It became clear to the founding mothers of the Asthma Foundation that medical and scientific research was essential in order to establish a body of ...

Peter Adamson

Asthma and airway diseases are a significant problem for older Australians. They cause a large burden of illness in the community, and in primary care settings they present particular problems for diagnosis and management. Despite this, much of what we now know and do for asthma in older Australians is based on studies conducted in young people with asthma, and these findings may be of ...

Peter G Gibson MB BS, FRACP · Richard E Ruffin MB BS, FRACP, MD

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Guy B Marks PhD, FRACP · Leanne M Poulos BMedSc(Hons)

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Alan L James MB BS, FRACP, MD · Matthew W Knuiman BSc, PhD · Helen C Bartholomew BSc, GradDipComp · Arthur (Bill) W Musk MB BS, FRACP, PhD

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David H Wilson PhD · Sarah L Appleton BSc · Robert J Adams MD · Richard E Ruffin MD

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Michael J Abramson PhD, FRACP

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Dianne P Goeman MA, GradDipSoc · Jo A Douglass MD, FRACP

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Norbert Berend AM, MD, FRACP

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Julie E Byles PhD

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John W Wilson PhD, FRACP

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Christine R Jenkins MD, FRACP · Philip J Thompson MD, FRACP · Peter G Gibson PhD, FRACP · Richard Wood-Baker PhD, FRACP

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Richard E Ruffin MD, FRACP · David H Wilson PhD · Sarah L Appleton BSc(Hons) · Robert J Adams MD, FRACP

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Amanda Barnard BA, FRACGP · C Dimity Pond PhD, FRACGP · Timothy P Usherwood MD, FRACGP, FRCP

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Mark W Yates FRACP

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J Paul Seale PhD, FRACP