Welcome to Ask Doctor Zac, a weekly column from news.com.au. This week, Dr Zac Turner explores the safety of heaters.

Over the years I've written several times about unvented or "vent-free" gas room heaters. My (negative) opinion about these appliances is based on the fact that the combustion by-products produced by ...

Christine Cowie receives funding from the NHMRC. She has previously received funding from the NSW Health Ministry,the NSW EPA and the Asthma Foundation. Winter is a good time to remind ourselves of ...

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.

SCHOOLS have been doing their own fund-raising to replace toxic unflued gas heaters with air-conditioners because parents fear it could be a decade before the state government's replacement program is ...

One in every nine people in Australia has asthma. It is a health burden for many children, and expensive for families because of medication, hospital and out-of-hospital expenses. We examined the ...

Director, Children’s Health and Environment Program and World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Children’s Health and Environment, The University of Queensland One in every nine people in ...