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For those grappling with asthma, spring can pose challenges, yet there are ways to make it more manageable. Source: Getty Images.

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Asthma management made easy: Be prepared for spring with these simple tips

Asthma management made easy: Be prepared for spring with these simple tips

If you're one of the nearly 2.8 million Australians who suffer from asthma, then you'd know that springtime can be a difficult time of year. The good news is there are multiple ways to manage asthma and its symptoms during this time.

Does applying Vicks VapoRub to your feet actually work? Source: Getty Images.

Does applying Vicks to your feet really stop a cough in its tracks?

Does applying Vicks to your feet really stop a cough in its tracks?

Applying Vicks VapoRub to your feet is an old wives tale we've all heard, but does it actually work to rid us of that pesky nighttime cough?

How over 60s with asthma can better prepare for the colder months. Source: Getty

How over 60s can better manage their asthma during colder months

How over 60s can better manage their asthma during colder months

As winter approaches, older adults must take extra precautions to manage their asthma and stay healthy during the colder months.

Details of John Farnham's recovery have been revealed. Source: Getty Images.

John Farnham ‘on the road to recovery’ following respiratory infection

John Farnham ‘on the road to recovery’ following respiratory infection

Australian singing legend John Farnham is recovering well after being admitted to hospital for a respiratory infection recently.

If your snoring habits begin to become more serious, it would be worth booking in with your GP. Source: Getty

Your most common questions about snoring and sleep apnea, answered

Your most common questions about snoring and sleep apnea, answered

Starts at 60 spoke to the sleep experts to answer the most common questions about snoring and when you should be concerned about the impact on your health.

Many Aussies have a serious lung condition but don’t know they have it. Source: Getty

Recognising the early signs of lung disease to ensure effective intervention

Recognising the early signs of lung disease to ensure effective intervention

Many Aussies are living with lung disease, but don’t know it. Don’t miss the signs that something isn't right.

Approximately 40 per cent of men suffer from snoring, while only 30 per cent of women snore most nights. Source: Getty Images.

Hit the snooze button on snoring: How to cope with a snoring partner

Hit the snooze button on snoring: How to cope with a snoring partner

Sharing a bed with your partner can often be one of the great joys of a relationship. However, when one partner is a habitual snorer it can quickly turn a dream into a nightmare resulting in sleepless nights, agitation, tiredness, and in the end a possible partnership breakdown.

The Lung Foundation Australia provides no-cost telephone appointments with lung cancer support nurses. Source: Getty (model posed for picture)

Lung cancer patients desperately need support. Here’s where they can get it

Lung cancer patients desperately need support. Here’s where they can get it

Wendy experienced first-hand the "awful" way plenty of people behave when told a person has lung cancer.

Bill van Nierop has been living with a rare type of lung disease — idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) — for five years. Source: Supplied.

Lung disease can be the loneliest condition – but it doesn’t have to be

Lung disease can be the loneliest condition – but it doesn’t have to be

“Early on there wasn’t a lot of support, to be honest ... even from clinicians.”

Ken and Dale Bottrell are one of many Australian couples impacted by lung cancer. Source: Getty (Stock image used)

The question I hate being asked about my wife’s lung cancer diagnosis

The question I hate being asked about my wife’s lung cancer diagnosis

Each year, 12,741 Aussies are diagnosed with lung cancer, but there's plenty of stigma surrounding the deadly disease.

Early detection of lung cancer gives people the best chance of treating the disease. Source: Getty

Lung cancer: Signs, symptoms and when it’s time to seek help

Lung cancer: Signs, symptoms and when it’s time to seek help

More than 9,000 people are expected to die from lung cancer this year in Australia, yet a huge stigma surrounds the disease.

Thunderstorm asthma: Who’s at risk and how to manage it

Thunderstorm asthma: Who’s at risk and how to manage it

Thunderstorm asthma: Who’s at risk and how to manage it

Some people face a higher risk than others.

Could climate change be blamed for thunderstorm asthma?

Could climate change be blamed for thunderstorm asthma?

Could climate change be blamed for thunderstorm asthma?

Thunderstorms can be dangerous due to accompanying winds, lightning and flash floods, as well as their potential to rupture pollen into tiny particles that can be inhaled into the lungs.

Bad breath could be linked to these health problems

Bad breath could be linked to these health problems

Bad breath could be linked to these health problems

The biggest cause of bad breath is...

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