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LAM Australasia Research Alliance
Janet +61 411 816 444
PO Box 636 Bondi Junction NSW 1355
Australia
The LAM Australasia Research Alliance (LARA) is dedicated to improving the health prospects of women with LAM in Australia, New Zealand and throughout the region. A disease that affects only women, LAM is rare and often devastating.
ALL DONATIONS TO LARA ARE FULLY TAX DEDUCTIBLE
Your contribution to LARA will go 100% to funding vital medical research to find a cure for LAM.
You can donate to the LAM Australasia Research Alliance by sending us a cheque, using our PayPal facility, or by making a deposit directly to our ANZ Bank account: 012 055 4926 67193.
Please advise us of your donation by sending an email to admin@lara.org.au with your name, address and email address. We will respond with our thanks and a fully tax deductible receipt.
Major Donors
Macquarie Group Foundation
Roth Charitable Foundation
Mr Robert Gavshon
Hollick Wines
Acknowledgements
LARA thanks the professionals who work pro bono for this not-for-profit organisation. We highly recommend the services of:
Ben Higham, Webhead
Karen Riethmuller, KGR Design
Peter Hersh, Loggica Pty Ltd
Peter Kelso
News
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Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare, progressive and frequently fatal lung disease that strikes women, usually during their childbearing years. Symptoms may include shortness of breath, coughing, collapsed lung, chest pains and/or fatigue. Leaders of LAM organisations from The LAM Foundation in the United States ...
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Scientists believe they've discovered stem cells in the lung that can make a wide variety of the organ's tissues, a finding that might open new doors for treating LAM and other diseases.
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Following our six monthly LAM Clinic at The Alfred in Melbourne on 29 April, we gathered for lunch at Anna's place.
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Circadian and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center commences offering of first blood test diagnostic for LAM.
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After Amy Farber learned she had the rare and fatal disease called LAM in 2005, she became determined to increase and speed up research into her illness with the hope of finding a cure in her lifetime.
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Respiratory physicians and doctors get the latest on LAM research and hear first hand from patients what it is like to live with LAM.
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Think of how many names you have entered on your mobile, – it makes sense to identify the phone number of our next of kin, in case of emergency.
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LAM Italia is hosting the first European LAM conference in Udine, Italy on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of October. Udine is 130k north east of Venice, not far from the Slovenian border.
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The airline industry continues to boom despite the recent downturn of the world economy. More than four billion people travel by air each year and frequently, the question is asked, "Am I fit to fly?"
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2010 has been declared The Year of the Lung. This is a reminder to maintain an exercise program and look after our lungs. Influenza, “flu”, is not just a health risk for older people.
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LARA congratulates the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research on the 21 April 2010 official opening of its state-of-the-art Cell Biology Labs.
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A woman with LAM recently developed bronchitis. With so much mucus in her airways, she was having trouble breathing. No amount of coughing would clear the mucus...
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Newly married and starting out on her career, Mara Rezo thought she had the world at her feet. However, at 25 a diagnosis of LAM...
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Helping to determine LARA's forthcoming research projects, members of LARA's Medical and Scientific Advisory Board, Prof Judith Black AO and Prof David Sonnabend of the University of Sydney, met with Dr Jeff Lindenmayer of Melbourne at LARA's first LAM Symposium held at the University of Sydney...
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